Feb 13 US suspends Mexican avocado imports on eve of Super Bowl By Associated Press Avocado exports are the latest victim of the drug cartel turf battles and extortion of avocado growers in the western state of Michoacan, the only state in Mexico fully authorized to export to the U.S. market. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 7:32 Sharp rise in murders of journalists in Mexico prompts calls for change By Nick Schifrin Journalists reporting on corruption, violence and cartels in Mexico are risking their lives. In the first 40 days of this year, four Mexican journalists were murdered. Of the 133 journalists killed since 2000, nearly 90 percent have gone unpunished. Jan-Albert… Continue watching
Jan 19 Mexican abortion advocates look to help women in U.S. By María Verza, Associated Press In September, Mexico's Supreme Court issued a decision that effectively decriminalized abortion in the heavily Catholic nation. That same month, the most restrictive abortion law in the United States went into effect in Texas. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 3:55 ‘Remain in Mexico’ reinstated, sends asylum seekers across the southern border By PBS NewsHour This week, the United States began returning migrants to Mexico under the ‘Migrant Protection Program,’ which began under the Trump administration. The MPP forced migrants applying for asylum to wait in Mexico instead of the U.S. for their hearings. The… Continue watching
Dec 10 55 dead after truck smuggling migrants crashes in Mexico By Manuel De La Cruz, Associated Press It was one of the deadliest days for migrants in Mexico since the 2010 massacre of 72 people by the Zetas drug cartel in the northern state of Tamaulipas. Continue reading
Dec 08 When Diego Rivera used his brush to honor groundbreaking healers By Dr. Howard Markel For Mexico's National Institute of Cardiology, the artist portrayed a pantheon of heart doctors. Continue reading
Nov 26 19 dead, 32 injured in Mexico pilgrimage bus crash By Associated Press An official in the State of Mexico says the accident occurred Friday southwest of Mexico City. The bus was heading from the western state of Michoacan to Chalma. Continue reading
Nov 25 Mexico’s drug war fought with drones, human shields, gunships By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Residents of the town of Aguililla are fed up with the army's strategy to simply separate competing gangs. They want the army to either fight both cartels, or let the two gangs fight it out. Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch 4:45 News Wrap: Pfizer says its COVID-19 pill cuts hospitalization, death risk by 90% In our news wrap Friday, Pfizer announced strong results for a pill to treat COVID-19. Trials show it cuts infections and deaths by nearly 90 percent in high-risk adults. Three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man,… Continue watching
Oct 29 White House renews bid to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that the "Remain in Mexico" policy likely contributed to a drop in illegal border crossings in 2019 but with "substantial and unjustifiable human costs" to asylum-seekers. Continue reading