By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security plans to close small gaps in the border wall, make adjustments to prevent flooding and complete prior construction of access roads, the department announced Monday. In one of his first actions in office, President Joe Biden ordered a pause on wall construction and called for a
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By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican drug cartels are turning to bigger, more productive labs to churn out increasing quantities of synthetic drugs like meth and fentanyl. That is according to seizure figures issued Monday by Mexico’s Defense Department. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval acknowledged there has been a huge shift
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RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott visited Starr County on Saturday to inaugurate the first stretch of a border wall being built by the state, calling it an “unprecedented” investment in border security. Construction crews on site said about 880 feet of barrier have been installed as of Saturday afternoon. Abbott has made immigration
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate parliamentarian has said a Democratic effort to let millions of immigrants remain temporarily in the U.S. should be dropped from an expansive social and environment bill, people informed of the decision said Thursday, dealing another blow to a long-time priority of the party and migrant advocates. The ruling by Elizabeth
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Justice Department has informed attorneys representing separated migrant families that it will cease settlement negotiations and are ready to go back to court, according to an attorney representing families. The news comes after the White House came under political pressure following news of the talks and potential payments to families
Continue Reading CNN By Priscilla Alvarez and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Under the shadow of the border wall, dozens of migrants raced to get in line as they spotted the glimmer of vehicle lights down the road. US Border Patrol agents were on the way. For hours, migrants, primarily of the middle-class in South America, had waited to
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A man was hospitalized Tuesday with life-threatening injuries after falling off the border wall in Sunland Park. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the incident happened around 5 a.m. Sunland Park firefighters indicated the 40-year-old man fell approximately 30 feet from the wall. Officials said the man was initially found unconscious and
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to the Biden administration’s attempt to undo former President Donald Trump’s policy requiring people seeking asylum in the United States to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims are processed. In a Monday night ruling, the 5th U.S.
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GUADALAJARA, México — Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernández, who had been hospitalized for several months due to a recent fall, died Sunday morning, according to ABC affiliate KABC. The death was confirmed on the singer’s Instagram account. He was 81 years old. In August, the singer underwent neck surgery in Guadalajara, México. Fernandez injured his cervical
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Iconic Mexican actress Carmen Salinas has died at the age of 82, ABC affiliate KTRK reported Friday. Her family confirmed her death in a statement on social media, saying Salinas died Thursday night. Details about her funeral services would be announced at a later time, the statement said. The family also
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TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — A cargo truck jammed with people who appeared to be Central American migrants rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge over on a highway in southern Mexico on Thursday, killing at least 49 people and injuring nearly five dozen others, authorities reported. Luis Manuel Moreno, the head of the Chiapas
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s been a month since the Mexico border reopened to non-essential travel and downtown El Paso businesses are starting to see an impact. “Hard data is still not available in terms of what has materialized since the 8th of November,” Tom Fullerton, an economics professor at UTEP, said. “But most of
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — U.S. authorities sent the first two migrants back to Mexico on Wednesday under the reinstated “Remain in Mexico” policy. The Trump-era policy makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. The U.N. International Organization for Migration said the two migrants were sent to Mexico over a bridge in Ciudad Juarez, across the
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MCALLEN, Texas — A report Wednesday from Army Times details problems that plagued the National Guard in patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021. Among the Army Times’ findings, when troops weren’t on duty, they were mostly at hotels and remote locations. Incidents of alcohol and drug abuse became so persistent senior leaders issued breathalyzers and
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration will return the land of a Texas family after seizing the property earlier this year for border wall construction, according to a Tuesday court filing. Since 2018, the Cavazos family had been fighting to keep their 6.5 acres of property located along the US-Mexico border from being taken
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Ana Isela Martinez Amaya, the Mexican teacher who was wrongfully accused of smuggling over 100 pounds of marijuana across the border from Juarez in 2011, is on the verge of having her visa status revoked. Amaya’s attorney, Pamela Munoz, held a press conference in front of the United States Citizenship and
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The migrant protection protocol, or “Remain in Mexico” policy, was reinstated Monday at El Paso’s ports of entry and will spread to other areas of the southwest border in the coming days. There will be a limit of 30 people enrolled in MPP per day in El Paso. “Mexico has required
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await immigration hearings. The Biden administration reluctantly announced plans Thursday to accept the Trump-era policy and agreed to Mexico’s conditions for resuming it. That paves the way for returns to
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials have reversed their previous position against giving coronavirus booster shots and are studying a plan to administer third doses to people over 60. The announcement Tuesday comes as Mexico nears 450,000 deaths from COVID-19. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said plans are still being drawn up, but said, “It
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — At least 19 people are dead and dozens more injured after a bus crash in central Mexico. The accident occurred on a highway in Joquicingo, a township in the State of Mexico that’s approximately 45 miles southwest of Mexico City. A tour bus heading to a religious site in the State
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso firefighters on Wednesday afternoon recovered a body from a canal near the U.S.-Mexico border. Fire crews were summoned around 1 p.m. after U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted the body in the canal near Paisano and Schuster. A fire department spokesman said after it was recovered, the body was turned
Continue Reading By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador spend $2.2 billion every year trying to reach the United States, and most of that money goes to smugglers, according to a new report. The estimate of annual costs over the past five years, derived from surveys of thousands of households in those
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned U.S. Customs and Border Protection intends to buy almost 60 acres of land from the city of El Paso to build a central processing center, much like the one the agency currently has near Hondo Pass. This purchase comes at a time when CBP saw unprecedented numbers of
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By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gun manufacturers have asked a federal court in Massachusetts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Mexico’s government arguing U.S. gun manufacturers and distributors fueled violence in Mexico through their negligent and illegal commercial practices. Gun maker Beretta U.S.A. Corp. argued Monday that there’s no basis for the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising consumers to avoid purchasing certain onions due to a Salmonella outbreak reported in 38 states and Puerto Rico, according to a CDC press release. Multiple companies have recalled whole yellow, red, and white onions due to
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EL PASO, Texas — According to a study from 2012, the Natural Resources Defense Council calculated that the average individual in the United States throws out an average of 400 pounds of food a year. That’s just one person – not an entire family. Because of this, ‘No Lost Food’ was created in an attempt
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Two El Pasoans were shot and wounded as they left the Chihuahua state Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday. Authorities later arrested the suspected hitman and seized his getaway cay. Officials also said they had recovered the gun he used. Neither the identities of the victims nor the suspect were released by
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Although the number of migrants trying to gain entry into the U.S. are dropping, those numbers remain at an all-time high. Even more concerning is the number of unaccompanied children encountered at the Mexico border by U.S. Border Patrol agents. In the El Paso sector alone, 23,000 unaccompanied children were encountered
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s been one week since the border restrictions were fully lifted. A week ago Sunday night, fully vaccinated foreigners were able to return to the United States for the first time in 19 months. Downtown businesses near the Paso Del Norte International Bridge had been looking forward to the extra business
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — According to a report from Univision Atlanta, the boyfriend of a Gwinnett County teacher is now the main suspect in her murder. Mexican authorities told Univision that Fidel Barragan was taken into custody for his alleged involvement in Alexandra Morales’ death. The 24-year-old’s body was found in Mexico last week
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