WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats appear to be moving from "no way" to "maybe" on President Donald Trump's rewrite of a trade pact with Canada and Mexico. House Democrats have met four times with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, most recently on Friday, and both sides say they are making progress...
Suspect in Murder of Valley Auto Dealer Reportedly a Longtime Friend
SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico — Mexican authorities say they have arrested a suspect in the murder of Jose Arredondo, a San Joaquin Valley auto dealer and the father of K-pop star Samuel. Arredondo, a U.S. citizen, who was found dead earlier this month in a condominium in Baja California Sur...
Migrants Sent Back by US Dumped in Mexico's Monterrey
MONTERREY, Mexico — The bus carrying dozens of Central Americans from the Texas border arrived in this northern Mexican city late at night and pulled up next to the station. Men and women disembarked with children in their arms or staggering sleepily by their sides, looked around fearfully and wondered...
Fresno Auto Dealer, Father of K-Pop Star Samuel, Killed in Mexico
Prosecutors in the Mexico resort town of San Jose del Cabo say they are investigating the death of Jose Arredondo, a U.S. citizen who was apparently beaten to death. Arredondo, 58, owns Fresno Buck GMC, as well as Family Motors Group in Bakersfield, according to the Better Business Bureau. Inside...
Confusion, Fear Reigns on Mexico Border With New US Policy
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — Asylum-seekers gathered in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Texas, grappled to understand what a new U.S. policy that all but eliminates refugee claims by Central Americans and many others meant for their bids to find a better life in America amid a chaos of rumors,...
O'Rourke's Fundraising Woes Revive Concerns About Campaign
WASHINGTON — Beto O'Rourke stormed into the presidential race arguing his experience growing up along the southern border and a relatively moderate approach to politics would distinguish him in a crowded field. But four months into his campaign, other — previously unknown — candidates are seizing on the issues that...
WATCH: Coast Guard Makes Dramatic Drug Seizure, Raiding Submarine
CORONADO — U.S. Coast Guard members boarded a semi-submarine racing through the waves, one of 14 operations seizing cocaine and marijuana since May in international waters off Mexico and Central and South America. The agency released dramatic video of the encounter with smugglers on Thursday. It shows a Coast Guard...
US Men Fail to Follow Women, Lose Gold Cup Final to Mexico
CHICAGO — The U.S. men's soccer players showed how far, far behind the women they are. Hours after the American women won their fourth World Cup, the men were outplayed by Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final. Jonathan Dos Santos scored in the 73rd minute to give El Tri...
Doctors, Lawyers Portray Dire Conditions for Child Migrants
CLINT, Texas — Immigrant advocates are asking a federal judge to immediately require inspections and let doctors into border detention facilities where they say sleep-deprived, flu-stricken children are languishing in filthy conditions. Doctors and lawyers who visited the facilities in recent weeks outlined several damning examples in a court filing...
Government Moves Migrant Children After Bad Treatment Exposed
The U.S. government has removed most children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas near the border with Mexico following reports that more than 300 children were detained there and caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation. Only about 30 children remained at the station outside...