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3K Migrants Start Procession in Mexico

Organizers say march to Mexico City is in response to fatal detention center fire

(Newser) - Around 3,000 migrants set out Sunday on what they call a mass protest procession through southern Mexico to demand the end of detention centers like the one that caught fire last month, killing 40 migrants . The migrants set out early Sunday from the city of Tapachula, near the Guatemalan...

Mexico's President Dumps Unwanted Luxury Jet for $92M

Austerity-loving Lopez Obrador sells presidential plane to former Soviet republic of Tajikistan

(Newser) - After almost 4 1/2 years of trying, Mexico's president said Thursday he has finally sold his unwanted presidential jet—to the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that nation's government paid the equivalent of about $92 million for the Boeing 787 jet. Lopez...

Border Wall's Height Leads to 'Unnecessary' Horrors

Neurological surgery resident warns of rise in traumatic injuries, economic costs

(Newser) - Changes made to the US-Mexico border wall under the Trump administration aren't stopping people from scaling it, but they're resulting in "unnecessary human suffering" that's not only horrifying but also putting more burden on hospitals and government coffers, according to Alexander Tenorio, a neurological surgery resident...

3 Americans Set Sail From Mexico 2 Weeks Ago, Disappeared

They were en route to San Diego

(Newser) - Three Americans set sail from Mazatlán, Mexico, for San Diego, California, earlier this month—but they haven't been seen in nearly two weeks. The group was last heard from April 4, the day they left Mazatlán on a 44-foot LaFitte sailing yacht, CNN reports. The weather was...

Gunmen Kill 7, Including Child, at Mexico Resort

Gunmen shot up pool area of La Palma resort

(Newser) - Six adults and a child under the age of 7 were killed Saturday when gunmen shot up a resort in Mexico. The shootings took place at La Palma, a resort in the municipality of Cortazar in Guanajuato state, NBC News reports. An eighth victim was also hospitalized with serious injuries,...

No US Charges in Woman's Mysterious Death in Mexico

Shanquella Robinson's family says they're not giving up

(Newser) - There will be no federal charges regarding the mysterious death of an American woman in Mexico last year, US prosecutors told the family of Shanquella Robinson on Wednesday. "Based on the results of the autopsy and after a careful deliberation and review of the investigative materials by both US...

Kidnapping Survivor: 'He Said He Loved Us and He Was Gone'

Two Americans recount their ordeal in Mexico on CNN

(Newser) - The two Americans who survived a deadly kidnapping in Mexico last month spoke to Anderson Cooper of CNN about their ordeal Tuesday night. LaTavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams survived, though Williams was shot in both legs, while Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown were fatally shot. The four had gone...

This Nation Spends the Most Time Online

South Africans spend average 578 minutes per day on the internet, per Atlas VPN

(Newser) - It can be hard to accurately estimate how much time we spend online, though Atlas VPN notes that for many of us, it's a "significant portion of our day." Using data on internet usage trends among internet users 16 to 64 years old, the VPN service found...

'Looks Like These Guards Didn't Have Any Training'

After deadly fire at Mexican migrant facility, guards could face murder charges

(Newser) - Mexican prosecutors are treating a deadly fire at a migrant facility across the border from El Paso, Texas, on Monday as a possible homicide case. The fire at the federally operated detention center in Ciudad Juarez killed at least 39 men from Central and South America and injured dozens more,...

Somebody Stole a Tiger From a Home in Mexico
Full-Grown Tiger
Stolen From Home
Mar 29, 2023 7:10 PM CDT

Full-Grown Tiger Stolen From Home

Police in Mexico say owner has proper paperwork for Bengal tiger

(Newser) - Northern Mexico has developed such a habit of exotic animals and violence that people not only keep tigers as pets, they steal them. Prosecutors in the violent northern state of Sonora said Tuesday they are searching for a full-grown Bengal tiger named Baluma. They said the 5-year-old male tiger was...

US Bolsters Post on Fentanyl in Pharmacy Pills Sold in Mexico

Victim's family has tried to get agencies to act since overdose in 2019

(Newser) - The State Department has strengthened its cautioning about pharmacies in Mexico selling counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, warning that the doses can be fatal. The alert was posted Friday, per the AP , mentioning stores for the first time. "Counterfeit pills are readily advertised on social media and can be...

Boy, 14, Arrested After Murder of 8 in Mexico City

Police arrest 'El Chapito' in shooting linked to drug cartels

(Newser) - Mexican authorities have arrested a 14-year-old boy nicknamed "El Chapito" in the drug-related killing of eight people near Mexico City, the federal Public Safety Department said Thursday. The boy allegedly rode up on a motorcycle and opened fire on a family in the low-income Mexico City suburb of Chimalhuacan,...

Don't Spend Spring Break in Mexico, Texas Warns

Americans who crossed the border have met with cartel violence recently

(Newser) - After a total of seven Americans have been kidnapped, killed, or gone missing in Mexico in the past few weeks, Texas officials are urging spring breakers to spend their vacation someplace else. "Drug cartel violence and other criminal activity represent a significant safety threat to anyone who crosses into...

Texas Sisters Went Missing in Mexico Last Month

2 siblings, friend who vanished haven't had as much publicity as 4 Americans abducted last week

(Newser) - Two sisters from Texas and a friend are missing in Mexico after they crossed the border last month to sell clothes at a flea market, US authorities said Friday. The abduction of four Americans in Mexico that was caught on video last week received an avalanche of attention and was...

Girl, 8, Found Alive 4 Years After Vanishing

Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez had last been seen with her biological mother in 2018

(Newser) - Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez vanished during a supervised visit with her mother, who did not have custody of her, at a Washington state shopping mall in 2018, when she was 4. A year later, her mother was arrested in Mexico, but the little girl was not found—until now. The...

Alleged Perpetrators of Mexico Attack Found Bound, Face-Down on Street

Letter allegedly from drug cartel says men were responsible for abductions, murders

(Newser) - Five men allegedly responsible for the kidnapping of four Americans in the Mexican city of Matamoros, which ended with two Americans and one Mexican woman dead, were found with their hands bound, heads covered with their shirts, face-down on a street in Matamoros. There was a letter with them claiming...

Mexican President Calls Fentanyl a US Problem
Mexican President:
What Fentanyl?
Mar 9, 2023 6:40 PM CST

Mexican President: What Fentanyl?

López Obrador maintains there's none in his country

(Newser) - Mexico's president said Thursday that his country does not produce or consume fentanyl, despite enormous evidence to the contrary. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador depicted the synthetic opioid epidemic largely as a problem for the US, which he said should battle drug addiction with family values. His...

Police Learned of Kidnapped Americans From a 5th Friend

She did not cross the border with them because she didn't have ID

(Newser) - The frantic effort to rescue four Americans taken captive in Mexico in a kidnapping that left two of them dead came after a fifth person traveling with the group contacted police when they did not return to the US side as expected, the AP reports. Cheryl Orange, who did not...

2 of the Americans Abducted in Mexico Are Dead
2 of the Americans
Abducted in Mexico Are Dead
UPDATED
Mar 7, 2023 12:40 PM CST

2 of the Americans Abducted in Mexico Are Dead

Two survivors are rescued, brought to Texas

(Newser) - (Updated with new details throughout.) A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery ended with two Americans dead—and two others found alive in a rural area near the Gulf coast—after a violent shootout and abduction, officials said Tuesday. The surviving Americans were sped to the border near...

Americans Kidnapped in Mexico Identified

Relatives say 4 friends from Carolinas had traveled to Mexico so one could get a medical procedure

(Newser) - More details are emerging on the abduction of four Americans who crossed into Mexico from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. CBS News , which confirms from US officials that one "innocent" Mexican citizen was killed by gunmen during the kidnapping in Matamoros, has identified the Americans as Latavia "Tay" McGee,...

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