Category: Mexico

Judge Rejects Trial Delay Bid for Elderly Arizona Man Accused of Killing Illegal Immigrant on His Property

The defense attorney for a 74-year-old Arizona rancher accused of gunning down an unarmed illegal immigrant trespasser lost her bid on March 6 to delay his jury trial for 60 days. Brenna Larkin argued for the continuance so that the court would have time to review the ruling of a lower court that found probable…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (March 7): 2 Kidnapped Americans Found Dead, 2 Alive; Mexico: 103 Minors Found in Abandoned Trailer

Two of the Americans kidnapped in Northern Mexico have been found dead, and two are still alive — according to the regional governor. And multiple sources report the group of four friends were going there for one of them to have a “tummy tuck” surgery done. In Veracruz, Mexico — over a hundred unaccompanied minors…


NTD News Today (March 7): 2 Kidnapped Americans Found Dead, 2 Alive; Mexico: 103 Minors Found in Abandoned Trailer

Two of the Americans kidnapped in Northern Mexico have been found dead, and two are still alive — according to the regional governor. And multiple sources report the group of four friends were going there for one of them to have a “tummy tuck” surgery done. In Veracruz, Mexico — over a hundred unaccompanied minors…


2 Americans Violently Kidnapped in Mexico Found Dead, 2 Alive

Mexico’s president said Tuesday that two of the four U.S. citizens who were assaulted and kidnapped in Mexico have been found dead, while the other two have been found alive. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that one of the individuals who was found alive had been injured in last week’s violent abduction. Tamaulipas…


Mexico Finds 343 Migrants in Abandoned Truck Trailer

Mexican authorities have found 343 migrants, including 103 unaccompanied minors, in an abandoned freight truck container on the side of a highway, the authorities said Monday. The National Immigration Institute said the trailer was found Sunday night in the steamy Gulf coast state of Veracruz. It was on a route often used by smugglers to…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (March 6): 23 Charged With Domestic Terrorism in Atlanta ‘Cop City’ Attack; 4 Americans Kidnapped in Mexico

At least 23 suspects are facing domestic terrorism charges after a planned training facility for police in Atlanta, Georgia, came under attack on March 5. The Atlanta Police Department said “a group of violent agitators” set construction equipment on fire and threw explosives at officers. The U.S. and Mexican governments are on alert after four…


NTD Evening News (March 6): 23 Charged With Domestic Terrorism in Atlanta ‘Cop City’ Attack; 4 Americans Kidnapped in Mexico

At least 23 suspects are facing domestic terrorism charges after a planned training facility for police in Atlanta, Georgia, came under attack on March 5. The Atlanta Police Department said “a group of violent agitators” set construction equipment on fire and threw explosives at officers. The U.S. and Mexican governments are on alert after four…


4 Americans Missing in Mexico After Being Held at Gunpoint in Alleged Kidnapping, FBI Says

Four American citizens who crossed from Texas into Mexico were held at gunpoint and possibly kidnapped, FBI officials announced, adding that a Mexican national was killed in the same incident. In a statement issued by FBI Special Agent Ken Salazar, “unknown assailants” in the northeastern Mexican city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas state “violently kidnapped at…


4 Americans Missing in Mexico After Being Held at Gunpoint, Kidnapped, FBI Says

Four American citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas are missing after being assaulted and kidnapped by unidentified gunmen, FBI officials said on March 5, adding that a Mexican national was killed in the same incident. “Unknown assailants” in the northeastern Mexican city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas state “violently kidnapped at gunpoint four U.S. citizens in…


4 Americans Missing, Feared Kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico

MEXICO CITY—Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said Sunday. The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. They were traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. The FBI San Antonio Division office…