Cuba has been left reeling after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across western portions of the island, knocking out the country’s power grid, downing trees and damaging infrastructure.

Hurricane Rafael has already set a record and looks to achieve an even greater one.

Arizona voters have approved letting local police arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the state from Mexico.

A journalist who covered the violent western Mexico state of Michoacan for a Facebook news page has been shot to death.

“Pan de muerto," or “bread of the dead,” is freshly baked in Mexico ahead of Day of the Dead celebrations.

Donald Trump has promised to stage the largest mass deportation in U.S. history if elected.

Forecasters say Hurricane Kristy has strengthened into a Category 4 storm and is expected to remain away from land as it churns in the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico fell 7% in September to a more than four-year low.

Hundreds of people have turned out for the burial of Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas.

Mexico's new president has announced an agriculture plan that could make the country's food production and distribution look a lot more like it did in the 1980s.

Hundreds of people have turned out to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas.

Mexican officials say schools have six months to implement a government-sponsored ban on junk food or face heavy fines.

Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez has been killed in Mexico.

A longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court appeared for the first time before the judge presiding over the case.

Assailants have fired a dozen gunshots at a building housing the newspaper El Debate in the embattled northern state of Sinaloa.

A former Olympic snowboarder for Canada has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring that authorities say shipped vast amounts of cocaine across the Americas and killed four people.

A U.S. indictment unsealed in the District of Columbia claims that the leader of one of Mexico's most violent gangs continued to control an offshoot group, the Northeast Cartel, from inside a Mexican prison.

Back in the 19th century, migrant miners from Cornwall, in the southwest of England, brought their pastries to the Mexican mining town of Real del Monte.

Fisher-Price is recalling parts of over 2 million infant swings across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

A new mayor has been sworn in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor was killed and beheaded less than a week after taking office.

Mexico has sent 660 soldiers and militarized National Guard officers to the western state of Michoacan to protect lime growers who complained they were suffering extortion demands by cartels.

Relatives have buried the mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico who was killed less than one week after he took office.

Most of Florida is in the latest forecast cone of Tropical Storm Milton, which is forecast to become a hurricane and strike the state.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Milton has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether to block a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against leading U.S. gun manufacturers over allegations their commercial practices have helped caused much bloodshed there.

The Republican challenger trying to flip the U.S. Senate seat in swing-state Pennsylvania says he'll press for U.S. military action in Mexico to target fentanyl trafficking networks.

Tropical Storm John came ashore on Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Thursday, coming back to life for a second landfall after its previous deadly passage through the country earlier in the week.

Vice President Kamala Harris has used her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee to try to project a tougher stance on illegal migration.

Forecasters are warning that Hurricane Helene will intensify into a major storm before striking Florida and further inland as it heads northward across the Gulf of Mexico.

Two major weather systems are bringing heavy rain, high winds and more to Mexico’s southern Pacific coast on one side and the Caribbean on the other.

Hurricane John fell apart as quickly as it formed but left destruction along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, including deadly mudslides and flooding that may linger.

Forecasters have issued hurricane watches for parts of Cuba and Mexico as a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands could strengthen in upcoming days as it moves north toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance may become Hurricane Helene on Wednesday as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

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Former President Donald Trump has repeated false claims that Chinese automakers are putting up large factories in Mexico.

At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash.

Authorities in Mexico say six people have been killed in a landslide near Mexico City.

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August.

Huge celebrations across the U.S. are expected to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, an annual tradition that showcases the awe-inspiring diversity and culture of Hispanic people.

Authorities in Mexico’s Los Cabos area have been warning people to stay inside.

Mexico is poised to amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected as part of a judicial overhaul championed by the outgoing president but slammed by critics as a blow to the country’s rule of law.

Tropical Storm Francine has strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to make landfall as a hurricane at mid-week in Louisiana.

The NHC anticipates this system to become a tropical storm by Monday.

The European climate service Copernicus says Earth just sweltered to its hottest summer on record.

Pato O’Ward remained in the headlines Saturday by winning the first race of a doubleheader at the Milwaukee Mile, where he has spent the weekend questioning IndyCar leadership for allowing NASCAR to beat the series to a race in Mexico City.

Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hone has formed in the central Pacific Ocean.

Guatemalan police have arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas after being abandoned in a tractor trailer in the scorching summer heat.

A new Biden administration program will allow some spouses of U.S. citizens living in the U.S. illegally to gain legal status without leaving the country.

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of asylum being temporarily suspended.

Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will continue to live with less water next year from the Colorado River after the U.S. government Thursday announced water cuts preserving the status quo.

The Biden administration says it will soon expand areas where migrants can apply online for appointments to enter the United States to a large swath of southern Mexico.

The Florida Highway Patrol spent at least $13.5 million over 10 months deploying troopers to the U.S.-Mexico border, records show. That’s about the same cost as hiring 48 new troopers with vehicles.

U.S. arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico during July have plummeted to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, raising prospects a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon.

A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court has ruled.

A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries have set out on foot from Tapachula, a city in southern Mexico, as they attempt to reach the U.S.

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The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three Mexican accountants and four firms allegedly linked to a timeshare fraud ring run by the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel.

Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plunged 29% in June to the lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency.

The pet rail project of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could wind up costing as much as $30 billion.

Sophia Smith scored in the 64th minute and the United States got revenge for a loss to Mexico earlier this year with a 1-0 victory in the rematch on Saturday.

Prosecutors in northern Mexico say they’ll investigate after the body of a long-missing man was found after months lying unidentified in a state morgue.

A small museum in Nashville is returning 255 pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico.

The Biden administration is imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum shipped from Mexico that were made elsewhere.

Beryl regained hurricane strength over the weekend after a short downgrade to a tropical storm as it weakened over land.

After hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and downgrading to a tropical storm, Beryl is expected to once again become a hurricane as it hurtles towards southern Texas by Sunday evening.

After leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean and at least nine people dead, Hurricane Beryl has strengthened back into a Category 3 storm as it chugs over open water toward Mexico’s resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula.

It's 100 years since the Caesar salad is said to have been invented on the Fourth of July at a restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico.

Caesar salad has something to celebrate: It’s turning 100.

The disturbance known as Invest 94L, has organized into a tropical depression in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.

Salomón Rondón scored on a penalty kick in the 57th minute, and Venezuela advanced to the Copa America quarterfinals with 1-0 victory over Mexico.

Gerardo Arteaga scored from the edge of the penalty area in the 69th minute, and Mexico beat Jamaica 1-0 in its Copa America opener.

Mexico's health ministry has tallied at least 125 heat-related deaths this year.

Tropical Storm Alberto is rumbling toward northeast Mexico as the first named storm of the season, carrying heavy rains that left three people dead but also brought hope to a region suffering under a prolonged, severe drought.

Tropical Storm Alberto developed over the Gulf of Mexico, marking the first named storm of the season.

A highway accident involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico's June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality.

Amid Mexico's heat wave and drought, suffering birds are getting air-conditioning and monkeys with heatstroke are being rescued by non-governmental groups.

President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border.

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President Joe Biden has ordered a halt to asylum processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a threshold deemed excessive.

Sergio Perez is staying with Red Bull after signing a two-year contract extension with the Formula 1 team through 2026.

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts.

Pato O’Ward had tears triggered following the Indianapolis 500 after pushing the No. 5 Honda to the limits only to come up just short, getting passed two corners from the finish by Josef Newgarden.

Heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico have been recorded in a total of four states, environmental authorities said.

The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, with a tragically small number of the primates treated or recovering.

Pato O'Ward has become one of IndyCar's biggest stars not just for the way he drives on the track but the way he carries himself away from it.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador swept into office nearly six years ago with a simple motto laying out his administration’s priorities: “For the good of all, first the poor.”.

Memphis barbecue is elevated to fine dining under the sun at the annual World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

Mexico’s often violent disputes between street performers reached a new level this week when a group of guitar-toting mariachis tangled with a flame-swallower.

It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees.

U.S. figures show that San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April.

The Biden administration is creating a new process aimed at cutting the time it takes to decide the fates of newly arrived migrants in immigration courts from years to roughly six months.

Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico fell more than 6% in April to the fourth lowest month of the Biden administration.

The Biden administration is suggesting the possibility that new penalties could be put in place if the Chinese makers of electric vehicles try to move their production to Mexico to avoid newly announced import taxes.

Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally.

The mother of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico has delivered a moving tribute to her sons at a beach in San Diego.

A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was apparently kidnapped but was later located and taken to a hospital.

The coincidence of presidential elections in the U.S. and Mexico every 12 years provides a valuable way to compare the two countries.

As Mexico’s drought drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action against thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City.

Jurors were sent home for the weekend after failing to reach a verdict Friday in the trial of a 75-year-old Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant on his property.