Author: Joshua Partlow
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U.S. closes major crossing as caravan migrants mass at border in Mexico
TIJUANA, Mexico • U.S. authorities on Sunday afternoon fired tear gas at members of the Central American migrant caravan who rushed the border fence and closed a major port of entry in the San Diego area on Sunday afternoon, sealing off vehicle and foot traffic at the busiest crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The escalating…
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After testy call with Trump over border wall, Mexican president shelves plan to visit White House
Tentative plans for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to make his first visit to the White House to meet with President Trump were scuttled last week after a testy call between the two leaders ended in an impasse over Trump’s promised border wall, according to U.S. and Mexican officials. Peña Nieto was eyeing an official…
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Five Mexican politicians killed in past week ahead of national elections
MEXICO CITY – To commemorate the new year, an aspiring mayoral candidate of a small Mexican town sent a Facebook message on Sunday morning asking residents to unite to improve society. “We only need maturity, seriousness, and responsibility to face the challenges that confront society,” Adolfo Serna Nogueda wrote. Later that day, Serna was shot…
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In Venezuela, prisoners say abuse is so bad they are forced to eat pasta mixed with excrement
CARACAS, Venezuela – The headquarters of the Venezuelan intelligence service is a vast pyramid-shaped edifice known as the Helicoide, a former shopping mall which now functions as an interrogation pen for political prisoners and protesters. The 30-year-old economics student had heard enough about the infamous building to be terrified as he was led into a…
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Mexico digs in and Trump lashes back as border wall standoff deepens
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MEXICO CITY — White House warnings of a possible punitive trade tariff had Mexican business leaders and politicians digging in Friday, with some calling for retaliatory plans of their own amid a deepening crisis with…
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Mexico to Trump: Those Carrier jobs are not the story
MEXICO CITY – For the Mexican government, few goals seem more important than winning new foreign investment. The competition among Mexican states to bring the next automobile plant or aerospace factory is intense and produces big-time incentives for foreign companies who make the move. But the announcement that Carrier, the Indiana-based company that makes air…
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Gunmen ambush Swedish tourists in Rio during photo stop
RIO DE JANEIRO – Gunmen near a Rio slum waylaid three Swedish tourists and held one temporarily captive, in the latest report of crime spilling over to target visitors in Rio for the Olympics, police said. None of the Swedes were hurt, but the incident late Wednesday pointed to wider safety worries during the Rio…