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Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro walked with a group of asylum-seekers and their lawyers from Mexico to Texas on Monday. Hours later, CBP released the asylum-seekers back into Mexico.

12 Asylum-Seekers Julián Castro Escorted To The U.S. Border Sent Back To Mexico

Oct 08, 2019
The asylum-seekers, who were in Matamoros, Mexico, because of the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols policy, said they faced violence and harassment because they identify as LGBTQ.
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Pedestrians on the Puerta Mexico bridge, which crosses the Rio Grande, wait to enter Brownsville, Texas, at a legal port of entry in Matamoros, Mexico, in August.

ACLU Calls On Homeland Security To Stop Turning Away Pregnant Asylum-Seekers

Oct 05, 2019
Attorneys for the organization say vulnerable populations are supposed to be excluded from the groups of asylum-seekers being sent back to Mexico to wait for their U.S. immigration court hearings.
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Eat City

The Mezcal Maven

Oct 02, 2019

Bricia Lopez on the mezcal trend, the importance of tradition, and the tricky thing about "authenticity"

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World
Since taking office last December, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not left his country. Critics say he is damaging Mexico's image on the world stage. Above, he speaks during the daily morning press briefing in Mexico City on Sept. 5.

Mexico's President Skips U.N. General Assembly And All Other Foreign Travel

Sep 23, 2019
Since taking office last December, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not left the country. Critics say he is damaging Mexico's image on the world stage.
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World
Twelve-year-old Jesús Ruiz grieves as he stands before the coffin containing the remains of his father, Mexican journalist Jorge Celestino Ruiz Vazquez, in Actopan, Veracruz, on Aug. 3. The Committee to Protect Journalists said Ruiz Vazquez was the thir

12 Journalists Have Been Killed In Mexico This Year, The World's Highest Toll

Sep 12, 2019
Amid violent crime and impunity, press advocates say the president's harsh approach toward reporters is not helping the situation.
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Business
Designer Isaac Mizrahi (left) embraces Robert D'Loren, CEO of Xcel Brands, which once manufactured 70% of its clothes in China. Today that's down to about 20%. The company now manufacturers in a variety of countries, including Indonesia, India and Sri La

China Falls Out Of Fashion For Some U.S. Brands

Aug 30, 2019
As the trade war drags on, more manufacturers are looking to relocate from China to avoid Trump's tariffs. A firm that sells Isaac Mizrahi's clothing line has already shifted much of its production.
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National
A special response team with Customs and Border Protection drills on the international bridge between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, in the event that desperate migrants rush the port of entry.

Criminals Target Migrants In Mexico Seeking U.S. Asylum

Aug 27, 2019
In border towns such as Nuevo Laredo, more than 30,000 asylum-seekers are waiting for their day in U.S. immigration court. But criminal elements prey on these migrants who fled their homes.
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Business
A group representing importers said<strong> </strong>it was gratified that the Trump administration is lifting the tariffs on Mexican tomatoes. But it cautioned that beefed-up inspections could act as another barrier to free trade.

Tomato Truce: U.S. And Mexico Strike A Deal On Imports

Aug 21, 2019
The U.S. agreed to lift tariffs on imported tomatoes from Mexico. But importers warn that stepped-up inspections could still create bottlenecks, limiting supplies and raising produce prices.
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National
A set of pink seesaws allowed people to share some fun along the U.S.-Mexico border wall this week. Here, a woman helps her little girls ride the seesaw that was installed near Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico.

See-Saw Diplomacy Lets People Play Together Along U.S. Border Wall

Jul 30, 2019
A playdate recently broke out at the fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico in an event that was "filled with joy, excitement, and togetherness."
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Goats and Soda
This costume, with corn husks and feathers and paper flowers, is worn by a member of a dance group that gathers in cemeteries and other places to mark Day of the Dead festivities (called Xantolo, the word written above the mask). The idea of combining a

A Photographer's Vision Of The Magical Masks Of Mexico

Jul 28, 2019
On festivals that range from Day of the Dead to Easter, Mexicans hide their true identity behind fantastic masks that conjure up both indigenous — and European — traditions.
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World
Guatemalan migrant Lety Pérez embraces her son, Anthony, while pleading with a Mexican National Guard member to let them cross into the United States, near Juárez, Mexico, on Monday.

Photo Of Mother Pleading With Mexican Soldier Draws Attention To Migrant Patrol

Jul 24, 2019
In what a former Mexican official called the "pic du jour," a Mexican National Guard member stands in the way of a Guatemalan woman and her son who are trying to reach the U.S. border.
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National
Tania and her husband, Joseph, initially had to stay just across the border in Mexico under a Trump administration program that requires thousands of people to wait in northern Mexico cities while their immigration cases are heard in U.S. courts.

Border Protection Disputes Account Of 3-Year-Old Asked To Choose Between Parents

Jul 18, 2019
Customs and Border Protection officials are denying an NPR report that a Border Patrol agent asked the girl to choose which of her parents would be sent back to Mexico.
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Law
Joaquin Guzmán, also known as "El Chapo," was sentenced Wednesday to a life term in prison plus 30 years. After the sentencing in a Brooklyn courthouse, U.S. attorneys and other officials greeted the media, including Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. attorney

Mexican Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Is Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years In U.S. Prison

Jul 17, 2019
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the 62-year-old former head of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, was convicted in February for drug crimes. A life sentence was mandatory.
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World
Mexican National Guard members prevent Central American migrants from trying to cross the Rio Grande from Juárez, Mexico, on June 21.

How Mexico Beefs Up Immigration Enforcement To Meet Trump's Terms

Jul 13, 2019
Threatened with U.S. tariffs, Mexico agreed to step up migrant control, deploying a new security force, and catching and deporting more migrants. Here's how it's going.
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Strange News
Vehicles were buried in hail on Sunday in eastern Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico. The accumulation of hail buried vehicles and damaged homes.

Freak Summer Hailstorm Hits Mexico's Guadalajara

Jul 01, 2019
"Hail more than a meter high, and then we wonder if climate change exists," said Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, the governor of Jalisco state. The Mexican army is helping to dig out the city.
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Politics
President Trump did not offer specifics on those sanctions but suggested sanctions could be lifted in the future.

Trump: 'We're Moving Forward With Additional Sanctions On Iran'

Jun 22, 2019
Without offering specifics, the president says he is increasing sanctions as Washington accuses Tehran of downing a U.S. drone and attacking foreign-owned oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
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World
Central American migrants and a Spanish journalist ride a makeshift raft across the Suchiate River from Tecún Umán in Guatemala to Ciudad Hidalgo in Chiapas state, Mexico, on June 11.

Mexico Is Overwhelmed By Asylum Claims As It Ramps Up Immigration Enforcement

Jun 14, 2019
Mexico pledged to ramp up immigration enforcement and let asylum-seekers wait on its side of the border. But on its own southern border, migrant detention centers are already overcrowded.
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Business
An employee works at a wiring harness and cable assembly manufacturing company in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, that exports to the U.S. in 2017. The auto industry says threatened tariffs would play havoc with supply chains.

Ohio To Juárez And Back Again: Why Tariffs On Mexico Alarm The Auto Industry

Jun 05, 2019
The U.S. auto industry opposes President Trump's threatened tariffs on goods imported from Mexico. It says the taxes would increase the cost of vehicles and play havoc with supply chains.
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Trucks are seen heading into the United States from Mexico along the Bridge of the Americas in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday. U.S. industries say President Trump's threatened tariffs on goods from Mexico raised uncertainty just as they were looking forward

White House's About-Face On Mexican Trade A 'Gut Punch' To U.S. Businesses

Jun 04, 2019
U.S. industries, from grocers to clothing-makers, say President Trump's threatened tariffs on goods from Mexico raise uncertainty. The turmoil comes just as a new trade agreement seemed near.
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Politics
"I think Mexico will step up and do what they should have done," President Trump said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May after a meeting with her at 10 Downing Street.

Mexico Tariffs Likely To Take Effect Next Week, Trump Vows In London

Jun 04, 2019
The president said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May that new economic restrictions would begin to bite, possibly even during negotiations between the two sides.
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Business
President Trump has announced plans to impose escalating tariffs on goods imported from Mexico in an attempt to stop migrants from entering the U.S. over the southern border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection released this photo, taken on Wednesday at E

Trump Announces New Tariffs On Mexico To Force Cooperation On Illegal Immigration

May 30, 2019

In a statement issued late Thursday, President Trump said a first round of tariffs will be 5% and will rise to 10% on July 1. The penalties could reach 25% by October.

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Economy
The U.S. is lifting tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel imports, nearly a year after imposing the duties. Here, a worker is seen at Bri-Steel Manufacturing, which makes seamless steel pipes, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

U.S. Will Lift Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum From Canada And Mexico

May 17, 2019
The Trump administration has reached a deal to lift tariffs on metal imports from Canada and Mexico, in a move that could make it easier to ratify the USMCA trade pact.
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The Salt
A worker dumps a bucket of tomatoes into a trailer at DiMare Farms in Florida City, Fla., in 2013. The Trump administration is preparing to level a new tariff on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico in response to complaints from Florida growers.

Food Fight: Trump Administration Levels Tariffs On Mexican Tomatoes

May 07, 2019
Under pressure from Florida lawmakers, the Trump administration is taking steps to protect domestic tomato growers from Mexican competition.
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Newscast headlines

Small Jet Carrying 13 Crashed In Mexico; No Survivors Seen

May 07, 2019
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A private executive jet flying from Las Vegas with three crew members and 10 passengers crashed in northern Mexico over the weekend and there did not appear to be any survivors, authorities said Monday.
 
Five of those killed were from one
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Business
Trucks wait to enter the United States at the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Feb. 2, 2017. More than $1.6 billion in goods flow across the border each day.

It's Not Just Avocados. Closing Mexico Border Would Hit U.S. Auto Plants Too

Apr 02, 2019
President Trump has threatened to close the U.S. border with Mexico in response to a large number of illegal crossings. A closure would likely hit a wide range of industries, from produce to autos.

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