Trump election elicits fears, some cheers around the globe
By JIM HEINTZ and GREGORY KATZ World leaders struggled Wednesday to come to grips with a new reality — Donald Trump will be the next U.S. president — and an…
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Mexico’s rights agency says police killed 22 at ranch
By LULU OROZCO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Federal police killed at least 22 people on a ranch last year, then moved bodies and planted guns to corroborate the official account that…
Mexico drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman moved to Juarez prison
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who twice pulled off brazen jailbreaks, was transferred to a prison in northern Mexico near the Texas border early…
Pope warns against devil in hardscrabble Mexico City suburb
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered Sunday for the biggest event of Pope Francis’ five-day trip to Mexico, a Mass in the capital’s crime-ridden suburb of Ecatepec, where drug violence,…
Mexico: Sean Penn interview helped locate drug lord
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and KATHERINE CORCORAN Mexican officials say Sean Penn’s contacts with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman helped them track the fugitive down — even if he…
Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen is jailed in Los Angeles
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER The mother of a fugitive Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is jailed in Los Angeles on Thursday after being…
Mexican drug lord flown to Sinaloan mountains after escape
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was flown to a mountainous region of his home state of Sinaloa following his daring July 11 escape from…
Gas blast wrecks Mexico children’s hospital, at least 2 dead
By ALBERTO ARCE and PETER ORSI Injured and bleeding, mothers carrying infants fled from a maternity hospital shattered by a powerful gas explosion Thursday, and rescuers swung sledgehammers to break…