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Mexico Massacre: Six Family Members Brutally Murdered, Including Baby and Toddler

AFP - June 11, 2024

Latin America

Claudia Sheinbaum Makes History as Mexico’s First Female President

Latin America

Mexican President Under Fire For Targeting NYT Journalist

Latin America

US-Mexico Border Crisis Deepens Amid Migrant Surge

immigration

Mexican Immigration Centers: A Look Inside the Prisons Disguised as Shelters

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Luisa thought she was entering an office to regularize her stay in Mexico, but suddenly found herself detained. The death of 39 migrants in...

Latin America

Mexicans Exchange Messages and Condolences via app After Death

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In Mexico, the country of colorful skulls and Santa Muerte, an app offers its users to send posthumous messages and record their last wishes...

Latin America

Nine migrants drown in US-Mexico border crossing attempt

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At least nine migrants drowned and dozens of others were rescued after attempting to cross the Rio Grande river from Mexico into the United...

Latin America

US lifts policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico

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The US Department of Homeland Security announced Monday night it will end a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their applications...

Big money

Bitcoin use on rise to launder drug money, report says

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Drug cartels in Mexico and Colombia are increasingly using cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin to launder money, the UN-linked International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said...

Latin America

Mayan Train, the president’s pet project exposing Mexico’s cracks

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A proposed Mayan tourist train in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula has divided residents in one of the country's poorest regions, known for its indigenous uprisings. "The...

Arts and Culture

Vicente Fernandez, a ‘Sinatra’ to Mexican fans, dies at 81

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Mexico is in mourning: The revered "king of ranchera music," Vicente Fernandez -- who won a dozen Grammys and Latin Grammys during his career...

Latin America

From fear to freedom: Mexico’s abortion reforms

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When Fernanda Garcia went to hospital with pain and bleeding after taking medication to end her pregnancy, a nurse threatened to report her and...

Latin America

Top Mexico court rules criminalizing abortion unconstitutional

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The unanimous vote opens the way for women across Mexico to access abortion without fear of being prosecuted and potentially imprisoned.

Latin America

Hurricane Grace makes landfall in Mexico

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Hurricane Grace made landfall along Mexico's eastern Yucatan peninsula Thursday, clocking winds of 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour.

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