The Associated Press

As Beetle Ends, Iconic Original Thrives in Mexico City Hills

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Beetle is dead. Long live the Beetle.

  • Jul 10, 2019
  • 3:12 PM

New Holding Center for Migrant Children Opens in Texas

CARRIZO SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A former oilfield worker camp off a dirt road in rural Texas has become the U.S. government’s newest holding center for detaining migrant children after they leave Border Patrol stations, where complaints of overcrowding and filthy conditions have sparked a worldwide outcry.

  • Jul 10, 2019
  • 2:44 PM

Border Numbers Drop Amid Heat, Mexico Crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security officials said Tuesday there was a 28% drop in the number of migrants encountered by Customs and Border Protection last month, amid a crackdown on migrants by Mexico.

  • Jul 9, 2019
  • 9:26 PM

Mexico’s Treasury Secretary Resigns, Cites Interference

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s treasury secretary resigned Tuesday, complaining of the appointment of unqualified officials by “influential people in the current administration who have clear conflicts of interest.”

  • Jul 9, 2019
  • 2:59 PM

Only 60% of Mexican Federal Police Make Grade for New Force

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that only about 60% of Mexico’s federal police are passing physical and background exams to join the new National Guard, despite the fact they’re considered the elite of law enforcement personnel.

  • Jul 9, 2019
  • 12:34 PM

Boston Suburb Reflects Broad Changes in US Immigration

CHELSEA, Mass. (AP) — Guatemalan bakeries, Honduran restaurants and Salvadoran markets are joining an already ethnically diverse mix of businesses in downtown Chelsea, a tiny industrial city across the Mystic River from Boston.

  • Jul 8, 2019
  • 3:44 PM

Fans Mourn João Gilberto at Rio de Janeiro Funeral

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fans from around the world honored bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto, filing past his coffin at his funeral in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.

  • Jul 8, 2019
  • 3:12 PM

Mexican President Gets Little Backlash for Migrant Crackdown

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican police, soldiers and National Guard are raiding hotels, buses and trains to round up migrants, creating scenes of weeping Central American mothers piled into police vans along with their children and overflowing detention centers with deplorable conditions.

  • Jul 8, 2019
  • 8:01 AM

Mexican Police Revolt Against Plans to Join National Guard

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of federal police blocked highways in and around Mexico’s capital Wednesday in open revolt against plans to absorb the officers into the newly formed National Guard, a move that the police fear could upend their jobs.

  • Jul 5, 2019
  • 1:19 PM

In Border Crisis, Pregnant Teens Are Especially Vulnerable

PHOENIX (AP) — As tales of wretchedness and overcrowding in government border detention facilities abound, one group of migrants is particularly vulnerable: teen moms and pregnant girls without parents of their own.

  • Jul 4, 2019
  • 12:04 PM

Ex-Border Patrol Employees Discuss ‘Vile’ Facebook Posts

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Before the rise of social media, Border Patrol agents gathered in parking lots at the end of their shifts for what was known as “choir practice” — a chance to share what they saw that day and anything else on their minds.

  • Jul 3, 2019
  • 5:08 PM

‘And Now We Are Alone’: Extended Family Separated at Border

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 12-year-old boy entered the U.S. from Mexico with his brother and uncle, fleeing violence in Guatemala, but is now without them in a packed Texas border facility. Honduran sisters, 8 and 6, were taken from their grandmother when they arrived. An 8-year-old Guatemalan boy was separated from his aunt and cousin.

  • Jul 3, 2019
  • 9:32 AM

Father of 2, Deported to El Salvador, Allowed Return to US

HOUSTON (AP) — A 33-year-old father of two American-born children was allowed to return to the U.S. on Monday, two years after being deported to El Salvador during the first months of the Trump administration.

  • Jul 2, 2019
  • 10:42 AM

Drowned Father and Daughter Mourned at El Salvador Cemetery

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A man and his young daughter who drowned trying to cross into Texas were laid to their final rest Monday, a week after a heartbreaking image of their bodies floating in the Rio Grande circled the globe.

  • Jul 1, 2019
  • 3:17 PM

Girl Recalls Poor Care in Texas Border Station

For almost two weeks, a 12-year-old migrant girl said she and her 6-year-old sister were held inside a Border Patrol station in Texas where they slept on the floor and some children were locked away when they cried for their parents.

  • Jul 1, 2019
  • 1:18 PM

O’Rourke Visits Mexico, Meets Turned Away US Asylum Seekers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke visited Mexico on Sunday and listened to tearful immigrants say they fled Central American violence and turmoil to seek asylum in the U.S., but were turned away at the border.

  • Jul 1, 2019
  • 10:27 AM

Drowned Migrants Return to El Salvador for Burial on Monday

LA HACHADURA, El Salvador (AP) — The young father and daughter who drowned in each other’s arms last week in an attempt to swim across the Rio Grande to the United States have been returned to El Salvador for an expected burial at a private ceremony in the capital Monday.

  • Jul 1, 2019
  • 10:02 AM

Tens of Thousands Join Gay Pride Parades Around the World

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of people turned out for gay pride celebrations around the world on Saturday, including a boisterous party in Mexico and the first pride march in North Macedonia’s capital.

  • Jun 30, 2019
  • 9:34 AM

Mexico Returns 81 Migrants to Haiti Amid US Pressure

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican immigration officials say they have returned 81 migrants to Haiti after attending to “technical” considerations and seeing to the security of the captain of the plane taking them to the Caribbean nation.

  • Jun 30, 2019
  • 9:12 AM

Migrant Woman Killed in Fall From Train in Mexico

TACOTALPA, Mexico (AP) — An engineer shouted for the young migrant woman to hurry up and climb aboard the freight train or she’d be left behind. In her bright red tennis shoes, she quickened her pace and was the last to get on when it pulled out near Salto de Agua in Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas.

  • Jun 28, 2019
  • 3:08 PM

Cuba Announces Increase in Wages as Part of Economic Reform

HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government said Thursday that it is raising state salaries as part of a broader package of economic reforms, but it revealed no details of its larger plan beyond increasing worker compensation.

  • Jun 28, 2019
  • 1:14 PM

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