Jan 06 Obama seeks help of Mexico’s Pena Nieto on Cuba, immigration By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is hosting Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the White House Tuesday, looking to his southern neighbor for help implementing the president's changing policies on immigration and Cuba. Continue reading
Dec 07 Mexican officials confirm ID of body in case of 43 missing students By Carey Reed Mexican officials on Sunday confirmed the identity of the body belonging to one of the country's 43 missing students as 19-year-old Alexander Mora Venancio. He and 42 other teacher trainees disappeared while participating in demonstrations against school budget cuts in… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch Mexico City faces growing water crisis By PBS News Hour Mexico City, home to an inefficient and inconvenient water delivery system, struggles to meet the pressing demands of its 22 million residents. Some have turned to harvesting rainwater, which has its own set of limitations. Special correspondent Fred de Sam… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch 3:42 Case of the missing student activists underscores dangerous corruption in Mexico – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch Unsolved mystery of missing Mexican students sparks protest – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 10 More bodies found in case of 43 missing Mexican students By Anna Christiansen Four new mass graves were unveiled Thursday in the southwest Mexican town of Iguala, two weeks after a group of 43 students vanished in the region. Continue reading
Oct 03 Deported Salvadoran teen returns home to threat of gang violence By Jude Joffe-Block, Fronteras American immigration courts are gearing up to decide the fate of tens of thousands of children from Central America who came to the United States border in recent months. Meanwhile, Mexico has been cracking down on these migrants en route… Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch Is hope of citizenship or endemic violence driving migrant children to cross the border? By PBS News Hour More than 52,000 unaccompanied children have been detained trying to cross into the U.S. since October. Most hail from areas rife with poverty, violence and smugglers. Judy Woodruff gets debate from Marshall Fitz of the Center for American Progress and… Continue watching
Jun 20 Mexico coach defends World Cup fans’ gay slurs By Margaret Myers Mexico coach Miguel Herrera has defended his country's World Cup fans for what FIFA officials have called “improper conduct” for the use of a homophobic chant. Continue reading
May 31 Border patrol releases critical report on use of force by agents By Kayla Ruble On Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol released both a critical report on the use of force by its agents along the Mexican border and a revised use of force policy handbook prohibiting excessive force. Continue reading