President Biden dispatched top officials to Mexico City this week as migrants are crossing the U.S. border in record numbers and Congress has been unable to reach a consensus on funding border security. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Mr. Biden’s homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall traveled to Mexico on […]
Dec. 26—About $3 million in federal funding will be made available to New Mexico ranchers to help them protect livestock against predators, including Mexican wolves in an area designated for recovery of the endangered species. The funding is part of $22 million the U.S. Department of Agriculture is funneling to five Western states through a […]
In February 2023, cousins Dulce Trujillo and Gabriela Solano opened their restaurant, El Chilacatazo, which offers authentic Guerrero-style food such as tacos gobernador and mariscos from Trujillo’s and Solano’s birthplace in Mexico. One of Trujillo’s favorite dishes is the molcajete. “This is a very good dish with very tasty ingredients,” said Trujillo, an experienced cook […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday his government plans to reinforce measures aimed at containing migration as he seeks to assist the United States in dealing with record numbers of people trying to reach the U.S. border. Lopez Obrador’s comments come a day after he spoke with U.S. […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would speak to his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday morning and that the two could discuss migration, amid concerns about increased border crossings and disruptions to trade. Dozens of major U.S. agricultural groups on Wednesday urged the U.S. to reopen two rail crossings […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday declared his country to be the foremost cultural power in the world, praising its ethnic and culinary diversity and international appeal. Lopez Obrador, a veteran leftist, has overseen a vigorous drive to recover historical artifacts from former European colonial powers and traveled to […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Survivors of a Sunday massacre in central Mexico told investigators that a group of people turned away from a holiday party returned later with gunmen who killed 11 and wounded 14, authorities said Tuesday. Navigio Agustín Gallardo Romero, a Guanajuato state prosecutor, said nine men and two women were killed. The […]
Editor’s note: Welcome back to our series Let’s Dish, Kansas City, showcasing some of our favorite restaurant meals. When I was a little girl, my mom would cook chorizo and eggs for breakfast, with fried potatoes, beans and tortillas. The aroma was a wonderful wake-up call. That amazing smell would make its way outside, too. […]
By Daina Beth Solomon and Laura Gottesdiener NOGALES, Arizona (Reuters) – Her daughter’s school shut down, Yomara said, after a shootout between rival gangs competing for control of drug and migrant trafficking routes in their southern Mexican town of Chicomuselo. Then, she said, produce vendors cleared out of the market after they faced demands to […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A match made in the wilds of New Mexico? An endangered Mexican wolf captured last weekend after wandering hundreds of miles from Arizona to New Mexico is now being readied for a dating game of sorts as part of federal reintroduction efforts. But only time will tell whether the U.S. Fish and […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The elderly mother of convicted Mexican crime boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has died after spending the last couple weeks in a private clinic, local media reported on Sunday. El Sol de Sinaloa, a major newspaper in the family’s home state of Sinaloa, located in northwest Mexico, reported that Consuelo Loera […]