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…
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Latest: Sheriff says Couch, mother drove to Mexico
The latest in the case of a Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an “affluenza” defense (all times local): 11 a.m. A…
Mexico braces for strongest hurricane in Western hemisphere
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Hurricane Patricia headed toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere that forecasters said could make a “potentially…
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…
Ancient carving stolen decades ago in Mexico found in France
A nearly 3,000-year-old carving stolen more than four decades ago from a remote area of southern Mexico has been recovered in France. The Olmec carving dating to around 900 B.C.…
Egyptian forces mistakenly fire on desert safari, killing 12
Egyptian forces hunting militants in the country’s western desert mistakenly opened fire on Mexican tourists on safari, killing 12 people and dealing a further blow to the government’s efforts to…
Is Texas spending $800M to create its own border patrol?
By SETH ROBBINS and PAUL J. WEBER When former Gov. Rick Perry ordered a big reinforcement of security at the Mexico border in 2011, Texas bought six new gunboats that…
Mexico condemns deadly police shooting in Washington state
Officers killed a man accused of hurling rocks in the fourth fatal police shooting since last summer, a death that is shaking this agricultural city of 68,000 in southeastern Washington…