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Uncertainty clouds US transition at Mexico border as new rules take effect

The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty.

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Mexico arrests 2 more in March kidnap, killing of Americans

Prosecutors in Mexico say they have arrested two more men in the March 3 kidnapping of four Americans and the killing of two of them

The Independent UK

Migrants flee in terror as Mexico camp tents set on fire near Texas border

Witnesses say makeshift tents were deliberately set ablaze in a large camp of migrants in Mexico across the border from South Texas this week

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Mexico migrant camp tents have been torched across the border from Texas

The fires were set Wednesday and Thursday to about 25 makeshift tents at a camp of about 2,000 people, most of them from Venezuela, Haiti and Mexico, in Matamoros, Mexico, near Brownsville, Texas.

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Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas

Witnesses say makeshift tents were deliberately set ablaze in a large camp of migrants in Mexico across the border from South Texas this week

The Independent UK

Shannon O'Neil: Mexico’s carnage has no military solution

The recent kidnapping of four and murder of two U.S. citizens in the border city of Matamoros is just one of the latest grisly reminders to Americans of Mexico’s inability to provide basic safety, whether for its beleaguered citizens or visitors from across the border. U.S. legislators like Senator Lindsey…

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Two surviving Americans kidnapped by Mexican cartel speak out for first time

LaTavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams recounted their horrific ordeal in Matamoros

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Is Mexico safe for travelers? Weighing fear and reality

When the U.S. Department of State released a spring break travel advisory on March 13 warning travelers to take extra caution when visiting Mexico, the message rippled far, wide and fast. Broadcast news disseminated scary stories of illegal drugs and gang crime as reasons to reconsider vacation plans — most…

Tribune News Service

Gun used in kidnapping of Americans in Mexico came from US

Federal court documents say the a man who admitted to purchasing firearms that he knew would be going from the U.S. to a Mexican drug cartel was arrested in Texas after the discovery that one of the weapons was linked to the deadly kidnapping of four Americans in the border…

The Independent UK

GOP leaders’ threat of US intervention has Mexican president whipping up frenzy

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s economy is facing economic and political challenges with a weakening U.S. dollar and drop in demand for goods. Protesters recently filled the streets here, repudiating what they called the leader’s push to dismantle a pillar of democracy. And insecurity cuts deeper into the fabric of society,…

Tribune News Service

‘Mexico is safer than the US,’ says Mexico president after American tourist kidnappings

Mexico's president has claimed that his country is safer than the United States, a week after two US citizens were killed and two kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros

The Independent UK

Mexican president says his country safer than United States

Mexico's president has claimed that his country is safer than the United States, a week after two U.S. citizens were killed and two kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros

The Independent UK

Inside Scorpions drug gang that 'assumed responsibility' for deadly kidnaps in Mexico

Five men tied up and left for the police to seize as an 'apology' for the kidnappings are believed to be members of the 'Scorpions', a group known for its brutality and use of military-style tactics

Daily Mirror

Texas officials have told residents Mexico is too dangerous to visit for spring break

The advisory follows the kidnapping of four Americans earlier this month in the city of Matamoros. The state's Department of Public Safety said "cartel activity" made trips to Mexico a "serious risk."

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Texas police warn tourists against travel to Mexico after deadly violence and kidnappings

After the deadly kidnapping in Matamoros, Mexico, and the disappearance of three women, US authorities have urged the public to avoid entering the country over safety fears

The Independent UK

Video of kidnap Americans entering Mexico emerges as arrest of five suspects turned in by Gulf cartel confirmed

A Facebook live video obtained by CNN shows the group in their vehicle just hours before the abduction

The Independent UK

Mexico kidnapping: Gulf cartel sends apology for attack as three Texas women go missing

Video captured the abduction of Americans LaTavia ‘Tay’ McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams in border city of Matamoros

Tribune News Service

Deadly Matamoros kidnapping has sparked fear among Black migrants, aid workers say

DALLAS — The kidnapping of four Black Americans — and the killing of two of them — in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros has sparked fear among Black migrants and raised concerns among aid workers who say Black asylum-seekers have long been targeted by drug cartels.

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The Independent UK

Cartel letter doesn't dull pain for Americans' families

Relatives of Americans abducted in Mexico said that a purported apology from the Mexican cartel blamed for the attack has done little to dull the pain of their loved ones being killed or wounded

The Independent UK

Mexico kidnapping – latest: Gulf cartel sends apology for attack as three Texas women go missing

Video captured the abduction of Americans LaTavia ‘Tay’ McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams in border city of Matamoros

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Why the kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico turned into a political spectacle

When the truck with North Carolina plates crossed the border from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico, on Friday, the so-called falcons in charge of monitoring the border area notified their bosses of the presence of four Americans.

The Independent UK

Mexico kidnapping – latest: Cartel blames its own members for attack as victims’ criminal records probed

Video captured the kidnapping of Americans LaTavia ‘Tay’ McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams in border city of Matamoros

WEKU

The bodies of 2 Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico have been returned to the U.S.

Their companions are recovering in a U.S. hospital. So far, only one arrest has been made in relation to the kidnapping.

Los Angeles Times

After the kidnapping of 4 Americans, Mexico's president blasts US demand for drugs

MEXICO CITY — As investigators continued their search for the gunmen who kidnapped four Americans in the border city of Matamoros last week, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lashed out at Republican U.S. lawmakers who have proposed sending troops into Mexico, telling them that the United States should concentrate…

Daily Mirror

Apology letter by 'Scorpions' drug gang found after Americans killed in Mexico

Five men, members of a faction of the Gulf cartel named the 'Scorpions', were reportedly turned in to authorities in Matamoros, Mexico, along with a letter allegedly assuming responsibility for the kidnapping of four Americans

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