Predator drones shift from border patrol to protest surveillance
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Inside the windowless shipping container where analysts hunt migrants by drone
By Steve Fisher Puente News Collaborative Story edited by Steve Padilla, Column One Editor, Los Angeles Times This article was co-published with Los…
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Migrants marooned in Mexico City as passage north ebbs and many consider a journey reversal
Migrant shelters fill with people of broken dreams By DUDLEY ALTHAUS and KEITH DANNEMILLER Edited by Dianne Solis and Alfredo Puente News…
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Investment Chills Grip Mexico, Amid Trade and Judicial Turmoil
By Eduardo García, Alfredo Corchado and Alyda Muela El PASO, Texas — A growing wave of uncertainty is freezing investment plans in Mexico, the…
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Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors Face Growing Hurdles from the Trump Administration crackdown
“Let’s All Agree That Children Should Be Off Limits.” By Nicol Leon and Gibran Caroline Boyce Edited by Dianne Solis and Alfredo Corchado…
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For borderland cattle ranchers, a trade war with Mexico adds to the list of troubles
A worker at the Unión Ganadera Regional de Chihuahua on the U.S.-Mexico border guides newly arrived cattle into the proper pen. Photo by Sandra…
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Latinos helped Trump win a second term but after 100 days in office, support in Texas border counties is eroding
KTEP | By Alfredo Corchado Published April 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM CDT EAGLE PASS – President Trump’s threatened tariffs, attacks on social…
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Building the border’s future amid tariff uncertainties
By Alfredo Corchado, Eduardo Garcia and Angela Kocherga Story edited by Dudley Althaus Photos by Omar Ornelas, Michael Gonzalez, Alfredo Corchado…
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Vinyl Frontier: The Record Store That Resurrects Rio Grande Valley’s Lost Grooves
Editor’s note: This story was co-published with Puente News Collaborative in partnership with EL PAIS. Puente News Collaborative is a bilingual…
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One month later, Trump threats remain unfill as Mexican shelters sit empty along border
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Trump’s possible impact on Mexico
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How Mexico’s president is reacting to the Trump presidency
BY EDUARDO GARCIA, ALFREDO CORCHADO, ANGELA KOCHERGA and GAIGE DAVILA Story edited by Dudley Althaus PUENTE NEWS COLLABORATIVE MEXICO CITY –…
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How Trump’s proposed tariffs could impact the Borderland’s economy
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The Deep Roots of Deportation
In a divided political climate, many now hold their breath, waiting to see if deportation rhetoric becomes reality. Some question whether the…
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A Lawman’s Change of Heart?
Iconic Texas Sheriff Arvin West was a leading voice against migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. He pushed strict measures favored by former…
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Latino Voters Balance Stereotypes, Their Pocketbooks and Immigrants’ Vital Role
Latino immigrants provide crucial labor but face a backlash in the U.S. Heartland; those who are citizens may decide the election in Wisconsin.…
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Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as Mexico’s new president
By Eduardo García and Alfredo Corchado MEXICO CITY – Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as Mexico’s first female president Tuesday in a ceremony…
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Claudia Sheinbaum: Her rise to power and her future as Mexico’s president
By Eduardo García and Alfredo Corchado Words by Eduardo Garcia, Alfredo Corchado Photos by Omar Ornelas Edited by Dudley Althaus, @dqalthaus Puente…
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Chinese migrants arrive in South America, hoping to make it to the U.S.
BY ALFREDO CORCHADO, MÓNICA ALMEIDA AND PAÚL MENA MENA PUENTE NEWS COLLABORATIVE QUITO, Ecuador — The tiny and increasingly violence plagued…
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Biden’s border actions do not impress, either in Texas or Mexico
By Eduardo García, Alfredo Corchado and Dudley Althaus SANDERSON – President Biden’s executive order to crack down on asylum seekers at the…
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Claudia Sheinbaum wins Mexican presidential election to become country’s first female leader
BY ALFREDO CORCHADO AND CHRISTIAN BETANCOURT MEXICO CITY – Sunday’s presidential election held special significance, especially for women in…
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Claudia Sheinbaum elected president of Mexico, will likely continue AMLO’s legacy
BY EDUARDO GARCIA AND ALFREDO CORCHADO MEXICO CITY – Overcoming even the rosiest predictions, leftist Claudia Sheinbaum has swept into Mexico’s…
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Mexico will likely elect its first female president this week. Here’s what that could mean for the country.
BY ALFREDO CORCHADO AND EDUARDO GARCIA PUENTE NEWS COLLABORATIVE MEXICO CITY – Crossing a historic threshold, Mexicans appear poised to elect a…
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‘Where is the humanity?’ Migrant deaths soar at El Paso-Juárez border with few ways to document them
by Puente News Collaborative, El Paso MattersDecember 15, 2023 By Lauren Villagran / El Paso Times Editor’s note: This story contains reporting and…
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40 men died in the Juarez detention center fire this year. 5 came from one Guatemala community
Lauren Villagran LA CEIBA, Guatemala — Marcos Abdon Tziquin Cuc chopped wood for his 71-year-old mother and left it neatly stacked by her cook fire…
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The ‘resurrection’ of Diego Suy Guarchaj: ‘They are in the cemetery. I am alive.’
Aline Simerman El Paso Times LA CEIBA, Guatemala — News of the death of Diego Suy Guarchaj came suddenly, like the autumn rains in his small…
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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Day after day, New Mexico investigator recovers migrant remains
Lauren Villagran El Paso Times Editor’s note: This story contains reporting and images that some readers may find disturbing. Laura Mae Williams…
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‘It is truly ugly’: Family decries deadly violence migrants face in Juárez on journey to US
Aline Simerman El Paso Times Editor’s note: This story contains reporting and images that some readers may find disturbing. Leer en español.…
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Human smugglers using El Paso hotels to stash migrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The human smuggler networks operating on this side of the border are using local hotels to stash hundreds of migrants after…
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