A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor — a wounded Ecuadorean — and the two fled together, an official said Friday. In an interview with El Heraldo newspaper, Honduran Deputy Foreign...

Crossing from Mexico to the United States over the Arizona border is becoming ever more dangerous and July is shaping up to be the deadliest month in 10 years for undocumented migrants. Already this month the Pima County medical examiner’s office has...

The first successful car bombing by a drug cartel brings a new dimension of terror to a Mexican border region already shocked by random street battles, bodies dangling from bridges and highway checkpoints mounted by heavily armed criminals. The attack,...

Two girls aged nine and 10 have survived floods that wreaked havoc in Mexico by clinging to the branches of a tree for almost four days. Lizbeth Dalin and her younger sister Lesli Dalimel Gaona Trevino, who were found in the north-east state of...

Four Mexicans were arrested and more than $1 million in cash was seized in Panama, police and prosecutors from the anti-drug unit said. Authorities also seized 51 kilos of cocaine in the operation on Tuesday night in Panama City.

“We will continue fighting crime with determination and will not rest until we achieve security standards that are acceptable for our families and for those who visit us,” said Mexican President Felipe Calderon to executives from the tourism sector...

Gunmen armed with assault rifles and grenades attacked a convoy carrying the top security official of the western state of Michoacan on Saturday, killing four and wounding 10 in Mexico’s second brazen ambush in as many days. Public Safety...

A cat is a quadruped and a mammal with a tail for balance and sharp claws with which to climb and fight. A bird, on the other hand, is a flighted type of animal, which actually has a less advanced brain than a cat – and in most birds, the claws are...

Thanks to movies like Goodfellas, Americans appreciate how witness-protection programs are supposed to work. A mobster may not be able to find decent marinara sauce where the feds have him hiding, but in return for his testimony he can count on not...

During the best of the times, Miguel Salcedo’s son, an illegal immigrant in San Diego, would be sending home hundreds of dollars a month to support his struggling family in Mexico. But at times like these, with the American economy out of whack and...