BATON ROUGE, La.—The U.S. Coast Guard spent hours Thursday searching the waters off Louisiana for four people on board a helicopter that crashed while departing an oil platform. The helicopter’s pilot and three oil workers went into the Gulf of Mexico about 8:40 a.m. CT, said Petty Officer Jose Hernandez, a spokesperson for the Coast…
Passenger Advocate Urges Stranded Sunwing Passengers in Mexico to Take Legal Action
As hundreds of Canadians scramble to get home after their Sunwing flights from Mexico were cancelled last week, a passengers’ rights advocate says stranded travellers should consider legal action if they aren’t compensated by the airline. Gabor Lukacs, president and founder of the Air Passenger Rights group, says passengers grappling with cancelled flights and inadequate…
‘Hundreds’ of Canadians Stranded for Days in Mexico After Sunwing Cancellations
Hundreds of Canadians are stranded in Cancún, Mexico and don’t know how they’ll get home after their Sunwing flights were cancelled last week. Passengers say they’ve been shuffled from hotel to hotel after sleeping on floors at the airport and in lobbies, saying there’s no end in sight to their ordeal. “We just want to…
US Embassy in Mexico Issues ‘Security’ Warning Over Potential Violence
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a “security alert” to Americans about potential cartel violence after the arrest of a top drug lord in Jalisco state, coming months after a similar warning was issued amid a wave of cartel-related violence across the country. “The State of Jalisco has issued a state-wide Security Alert and increased…
NTD News Today (Dec. 16): Judge Keeps ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy, for Now; Pennsylvania County to Recount 2020 Election Results
A federal judge is pausing the Biden administration’s effort to terminate the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy — at least until legal proceedings play out. Worried Pennsylvania voters say voting machines didn’t count thousand of votes in the 2020 election. Now a county is going to re-count all ballots by hand. In a late night…
Peru’s President Boluarte Names Cabinet Following Castillo Ouster
LIMA—Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte on Saturday named a cabinet that includes a pro-market finance minister, as protests accelerated around the country to demand fresh elections following the ouster of democratically-elected former President Pedro Castillo. Boluarte took office on Wednesday after Castillo was sacked by Congress and later arrested on rebellion and conspiracy charges for…
7 Killed in Continued Shootings in Mexican Border City
MEXICO CITY—Seven people were killed in a shootout between the army and suspected drug cartel gunmen in the northern Mexico border city of Nuevo Laredo Wednesday. The shootings were the second time in as many weeks that large-scale violence has hit Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas. Police in the border state of…
Mexican Police Find 660 Pounds of Fentanyl in Coconuts
MEXICO CITY—Prosecutors in Mexico say police found 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of fentanyl pills packed into coconuts. The coconuts were found in a truck traveling on a highway in the northern border state of Sonora. Prosecutors said the truck was detected Thursday on a road that runs along the Gulf of California, also known as…
These 6 Extreme Tours in Latin America Will Get the Adrenaline Flowing
By Juan Antonio (Oso) Oseguera From TravelPulse The desire for an adrenaline rush while traveling continues to grow, especially among young people signing up for adventure tourism. Here’s a list of six extreme tours in Mexico, Colombia and Peru that are certain to get hearts pounding. Paramotor Flight over Lima The landscapes of the Peruvian…
19 Injured in Ethane Explosion in Southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY—Authorities in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz said 19 people were injured where a pipeline carrying ethane gas exploded. The Veracruz state civil defense office said most of the people injured in the explosion Tuesday in the town of Agua Dulce suffered first-degree burns. As of Wednesday, the government-owned oil company, Petroleos…
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