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Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:37:28 -0400

MATAMOROS, Mexico - Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.

Cruz Azul, America to meet in Clausura final

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:18:09 -0400

MEXICO CITY - Mexico City rivals Cruz Azul and America will meet in the final of Mexico's first division Clausura tournament after victories in weekend semifinals.

Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:42:34 -0400

MEXICO CITY - Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: soccer.

Shane Mosley unanimously outpointed Pablo Cano

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:20:04 -0400

CANCUN, Mexico - Shane Mosley unanimously outpointed Mexico's Pablo Cano on Saturday night to win for the first time in four years.

Mexico judge orders prison for suspects in killing

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:52:27 -0400

MEXICO CITY - A judge on Saturday issued an order for the imprisonment of two waiters accused in the beating death of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, the Mexico City attorney general's office said.

Mexico to create police unit to search for missing

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:07:23 -0400

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's government says it will create a special investigative unit to search for the missing, heeding a request by relatives of the disappeared who have been on a hunger strike for nine days.

Mourners gather to remember Malcolm X's grandson

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:27 -0400

OAKLAND, California - Hundreds gathered Friday to remember the late grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X as mourners said Malcolm Shabazz was well on his way to cementing his own legacy.

Mexico cuts growth outlook from 3.5 to 3.1 percent

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:48:15 -0400

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government says it has cut its economic growth forecast for 2013 from 3.5 percent to 3.1 after exports stagnated and first-quarter GDP figures came in weak.

Road-builder: landowner allowed pyramid excavation

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:54:45 -0400

BELIZE CITY - The owner of a road-building company in Belize that has been blamed for the near destruction of one of the country's biggest Mayan pyramids says a landowner gave permission to extract the material.

Donovan left off squad for World Cup qualifiers

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:48:42 -0400

CHICAGO - Landon Donovan was left off the 29-man U.S. squad for a training camp ahead of a trio of World Cup qualifiers next month. But American coach Jurgen Klinsmann anticipates he will rejoin the team at some unspecified point.

Tale of Mexican drug violence rattles Cannes

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:48:13 -0400

CANNES, France - The Cannes Film Festival has had its first shock to the system, in the shape of Mexican director Amat Escalante's unsparingly violent drug war drama "Heli."

Boca Juniors ousts defending champion Corinthians

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:59:37 -0400

SAO PAULO - Boca Juniors advanced to the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores by holding defending champion Corinthians to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday, eliminating the Brazilian club 2-1 on aggregate.

Mexico volcano registers more seismic activity

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:07:04 -0400

MEXICO CITY - Seismic activity is continuing at the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City and authorities say they have readied shelters and identified evacuation routes in case they should be needed.

Nicaragua extradites US man in $137M fraud case

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:31:16 -0400

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan authorities deported a U.S. man on Wednesday to face fraud and money laundering charges in his home country.

Mexico fires official in flap over influence abuse

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:37:18 -0400

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government announced Wednesday it has fired an official whose daughter sent inspectors to shut down a restaurant that didn't give her the table she wanted.

El Salvador court hears arguments in abortion case

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:11:49 -0400

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador's Supreme Court heard opening arguments Wednesday in a landmark abortion case in which a woman suffering from kidney failure and lupus has not been allowed to terminate a pregnancy in which the fetus is given no chance of surviving.

6 men executed at car lot in northern Mexican

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:38:13 -0400

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - A gang of assailants armed with assault rifles drove up to a northern Mexico car lot and shot to death six men.

Belizean government condemns pyramid destruction

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:08:08 -0400

BELIZE CITY - The government of Belize said Tuesday it is pursuing a "vigorous" investigation into a road-building company's near destruction of one of the country's largest Mayan pyramids.

Ex-Guatemala dictator Rios Montt still in hospital

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:43:04 -0400

GUATEMALA CITY - Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is spending a second day at a military hospital after fainting while on his way to a court hearing.

Gulf cartel manager gets life term in drug case

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:20:18 -0400

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The former boss of the Mexican Gulf cartel was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for a drug smuggling and distribution conspiracy that prosecutors said shipped more than a half ton of marijuana into Texas each week.

Direct flight between Puerto Rico, Mexico begins

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:55:05 -0400

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Officials in Puerto Rico say the U.S. territory is welcoming direct flights from Mexico for the first time in 13 years.

Jailed Rios Montt taken to hospital after fainting

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:37:10 -0400

GUATEMALA CITY - Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was taken to a military hospital Monday after fainting while on his way to a court hearing from his jail cell, Guatemalan authorities said.

Report scrutinizes new Border Patrol punishments

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:29:11 -0400

SAN DIEGO - A widely touted Border Patrol initiative to send migrants back to Mexico far from the points they are caught entering the U.S. illegally has one of the worst track records at discouraging people from trying again, according to a new study that offers a detailed assessment of how the agency's new enforcement strategies are working.

LA archdiocese wants key clergy abuse suit tossed

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:49:33 -0400

LOS ANGELES - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles wants a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by a man who claims he was molested by a foreign priest who remains a fugitive 25 years after fleeing to his native Mexico.

Nicaragua police expel news photographer for AFP

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:35:59 -0400

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan police say a Chilean photographer working for the French news agency Agence France-Presse has been deported because he entered a restricted area near President Daniel Ortega's office.