Category: Americas

CBP Agent, Suspected Smuggler Killed Off Puerto Rico Coast

WASHINGTON—A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent and a suspected smuggler died during a shootout Thursday off the Puerto Rico coast, authorities said. Two other U.S. officers were injured. CBP’s Air and Marine Operations unit was on routine patrol around 8 a.m. Thursday when the shots were fired about 12 miles (19 kilometers) off…


Shots Fired on US Embassy Vehicles in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE—Shots were fired on U.S. embassy vehicles in Haiti on Monday in an attack that also affected the Haitian police and commercial vehicles, an embassy spokesperson said. “No embassy personnel were injured,” Information Officer Kathryn Edwards said in a statement. “One Haitian commercial driver accompanying the convoy was injured. However, the injuries are not life…


Mexicans Angered as a Record Number of Americans Move South of the Border

Mexico has seen a rapid increase in the number of Americans choosing to live in the country since the pandemic started a new trend of remote work. Nearly 1.6 million Americans live in Mexico, according to the U.S. State Department. Many of them are digital nomads and have chosen destinations like Mexico City, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta,…


Mexican Immigration Agents to Begin Checking Documents of Travelers Heading Into California

On Tuesday, Mexican immigration officers will begin checking the travel documents of anyone trying to enter the United States through the car lanes of the Ysidro Port of Entry between San Diego and Tijuana before they get into the United States. The officers, who are part of Mexico’s immigration agency, the Instituto Nacional de Migracion…


9 Dead, Including 4 Women, in Attack on Bar in Mexico

MEXICO CITY—Nine people are dead, including four women, after gunmen burst into a bar and opened fire in the violence-wracked Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities said Thursday. It was at least the third such bar massacre in as many months in Guanajuato, where a local gang is fighting a turf war with Jalisco cartel. The…


Three US Tourists Die in Mexico City Airbnb From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

MEXICO CITY—Three American tourists were found dead last week in a Mexico City apartment they were renting after apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, Mexican authorities confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday. Friends Kandace Florence, Jordan Marshall and Courtez Hall were visiting the Mexican capital to celebrate the Day of the Dead holiday, according to U.S. news site…


3 US Tourists Die in Mexico City Airbnb From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

MEXICO CITY—Three American tourists were found dead last week in a Mexico City apartment they were renting after apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, Mexican authorities confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday. Friends Kandace Florence, Jordan Marshall and Courtez Hall were visiting the Mexican capital to celebrate the Day of the Dead holiday, according to U.S. news site…


Latin American Countries Release Thousands of Criminals from Prison

Overcrowding in Latin America’s prisons has been part of the region’s background noise for decades. The area has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, with detention numbers averaging 163 percent of prison capacity as of 2020. However, the leaders of five nations within striking distance of the U.S. border are taking a…


‘My Son Will Not Live in a Communist Country’—Inside the Brazil Election Protests

CURITIBA, Brazil—A family sits around a small makeshift fireplace. It’s about 120 degrees F in southern Brazil. They have been camping there on shifts for days, nearly a week. That was the scene for Luiz Henrique and his relatives on Friday, as they, in their own words, reject the prospect of the country going back…


Highway Blockades Snarl Transportation in Brazil as Bolsonaro Supporters Refuse to Accept Election Results

Smoking barricades made of burning tires criss-cross sections of roads in Brazil. In other parts of the country, lines of semi-trucks have stood shoulder to shoulder for days along stretches of highway, paralyzing transportation. The scene is emblematic of the devotion and hope inspired by incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost a tight election race…