By Ben Morse, CNN Goals from Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie gave the US a vital 2-0 victory against Mexico on Friday in the race to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In front of a sellout crowd of 26,000 in Cincinnati, Pulisic headed home in the 74th minute soon after coming off the
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Border Patrol Sector saw staggering increases in migrant deaths and rescues in fiscal year 2021, reflecting national trends of a deadly year for migrants, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.Migrant deaths in the El Paso sector increased 290% between fiscal years 2020 and 2021, from
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ALPINE, Texas (AP) — Federal officials say more than 60 migrants were found in a box truck stopped on a highway in the remote Big Bend region of West Texas. In a statement Wednesday, federal prosecutors say Javier Duarte was arrested on human trafficking-related charges. That’s after prosecutors say 67 migrants were found Tuesday in
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will come to the White House on November 18 for a summit with President Joe Biden, the first North American Leaders’ Summit since 2016. “During the Summit, the United States, Mexico, and Canada will reaffirm their strong ties and
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EL PASO, Texas – An 8-year-old Guatemalan boy was abandoned by human smugglers at the Paso Del Norte bridge just hours after the Mexico-U.S. border reopened to non-essential traveler crossings, El Paso Customs and Border Protection officials said Tuesday. The unaccompanied Guatemalan child was found by CBP officers working at the international bridge on Monday evening.
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MIAMI, Florida — A federal judge in Miami certified the extradition of former Chihuahua governor César Duarte, accused in Mexico of corruption for embezzling millions of dollars of public funds, and ordered that he remain in detention while the U.S. State Department makes a final decision.”There is probable cause to believe that César Horacio Duarte
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EL PASO, Texas – Starr Western Wear has provided the Borderland with the latest western fashion for 60 years. With three locations in different parts of El Paso, they try to provide the entire city with easy access to their stores. Like most businesses in the Borderland, many of their customers are from Ciudad Juarez.
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EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. has reopened the border to vaccinated Mexican tourists. Shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday (midnight in the Eastern time zone), El Paso’s three 24-hour international ports of entry began welcoming Mexican nationals with valid tourist visas after nearly two years of border restrictions. About a dozen people waited at the
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EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. easing restrictions on travel from Mexico was implemented Monday, allowing tourists to make long-delayed trips and family members to reconnect with loved ones after more than a year and a half apart because of the pandemic. Covid-19 has upended lives in many ways including through restrictions on travel. That
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EL PASO, Texas — On the eve of Mexico border restrictions being lifted for non-essential travelers, many merchants in downtown El Paso were preparing for the anticipated uptick in business. Dozens of business owners and employees were seen outside of their stores Sunday night readying for the influx of customers expected on Monday. Business owners
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – On the eve of Monday’s highly-anticipated reopening to the U.S.-Mexico border to non-essential travel, El Paso-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials sought to dispel rumors that anyone and everyone will be allowed to cross. CBP’s El Paso Director of Field Operations Hector Mancha emphasized that “only those fully vaccinated foreign nationals
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UPDATE, Nov. 7: Investigators have determined that a woman whose body was found last month in a desert area south of Las Cruces known as the “Quarry” had arrived from Mexico a week prior to her death being discovered. U. S. Border Patrol surveillance images show Caroline Frances Cherry, 34, came alone across the Paso
Continue Reading By Jamie Crawford, National Security Producer The US Attorney’s office in Arizona announced the unsealing of two indictments that charged high-ranking members of the Sinaloa drug cartel with international drug trafficking, one of them the brother of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the convicted former leader of the cartel. A federal grand jury in Tucson returned
Continue Reading By Jason Hoffman and Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday strongly endorsed the idea of the US government compensating immigrant families separated at the border under the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy,” saying the previous administration’s “outrageous behavior” warrants cash payments — but he didn’t go into detail about specific amounts. “If in fact,
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection held a briefing Friday to discuss the Texas-Mexico border reopening on Monday for non-essential travelers for the first time since March 2020. CBP leadership addressed border crossing requirements and how the change will be implemented locally. They warned to expect longer wait times to cross. “We do anticipate more travelers…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government is offering $5 million rewards for information leading to the capture of four Mexican drug lords. Those subject to the $5 million bounty included Aureliano Guzman-Loera, the brother of imprisoned capo Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The State Department said Friday the four operate in the northern Mexico states
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says it has made the biggest seizure of pure fentanyl in its history, after five suspected drug traffickers were arrested at a lab along with 260 pounds (118 kilograms) of the synthetic opioid. Fenetanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin, and only a tiny amount is needed to make
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EL PASO, Texas — A 34-year-old El Paso man was sentenced Thursday to nearly 3 1/2 years in federal prison for dealing guns without a license. According to court documents and testimony at trial, Jose Luis Garcia Jr. had purchased at least 49 firearms in El Paso between December 2019 and August 2020. Federal authorities
Continue Reading By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A commando of masked drug gang gunmen stormed ashore at a beach on Mexico’s Caribbean coast in front of luxury hotels and executed two drug dealers from a rival gang. The dramatic shooting attack Thursday sent tourists scrambling for cover at the resort of Puerto Morelos,
Continue Reading By AJ Davis, Karol Suarez and Matt Rivers, CNN A hotel in Mexico popular with American tourists was sent into chaos Thursday amid reports of gunfire. According to local authorities, a confrontation between drug dealers had exploded into lethal violence on a beach nearby. “There was a confrontation between members of hostile groups of drug
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that families separated at the border under the Trump administration’s so-called zero-tolerance policy will not receive payments of $450,000, but he did not go into detail about any possible monetary settlements for them. Biden, following remarks about Covid-19 vaccine authorization for children ages 5 to 11, was asked if payments
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press and AIM Media Texas McALLEN, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden recognized migration flows would spike if he scrapped his predecessor’s hardline border policies without a new asylum system in place. He was prepared for traffic to return to highs of 2019, but arrivals exceeded expectations almost
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Contrary to popular opinion, Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is not Mexico’s version of Halloween – there is no trick or treating. It is actually the day when families visit their loved ones’ graves honoring the departed. It is the traditional way that the living ask the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — On Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued guidance containing new details related to the reopening of the U.S. border with Mexico on Nov. 8 to vaccinated foreign visitors for tourism and other non-essential travel. Here’s what you need to know about the new policies for travelers: CBP anticipates an increase in border
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By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press AROCUTIN, Mexico (AP) — Visitors are once again thronging the famed Day of the Dead ceremonies around Mexico’s Lake Patzcuaro. That means economic relief for a region that suffered from last year’s pandemic shutdown of the observance. In the city of Patzcuaro itself, tourists were treated to a parade, theater
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ZURICH (AP) — Mexico will have to play in an empty stadium for its next two home games in World Cup qualifying because of persistent anti-gay chants by fans. Mexico will host Costa Rica on Jan. 30 and Panama on Feb. 2. The empty stadium will cost the Mexican soccer federation millions of dollars in
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By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials say an illegal tap on a natural gas line is apparently to blame for pre-dawn explosions that shook the central Mexico city of Puebla. At least one person has died and 11 are injured. Puebla state Gov. Miguel Barbosa says an emergency call warning of
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officers in Pharr, Texas, have seized more than $960,000 worth of cocaine. Officers working at the Pharr International Bridge Cargo Facility examined a tractor-trailer with a non-intrusive imaging system and found 51 packages of alleged cocaine, CBP said in a press release Friday. The cocaine weighed
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Government officials say one person died and another 13 people were pulled from the Pacific Ocean after a large group attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border by swimming around a barrier in San Diego. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Saturday that U.S. Border Patrol agents
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security on Friday issued new rules for reopening the nation’s land borders on November 8. The regulations, which apply to Covid-19-vaccinated foreign nationals, are similar to guidance for air travel that the Biden administration outlined earlier this week. “Non-citizen travelers should be prepared to (1) provide proof
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