Four Americans were kidnapped in a drug cartel shootout last week after crossing into the border city of Matamoros on Friday, authorities say. Two of the four were killed, while the two survivors have been returned to the U.S. and are hospitalized. As details continue to ...
During the two centuries in which Mexico and the United States have shared a border, allegations of out-of-control immigration, with Mexican immigrants posing a threat to American security, have often been a staple of American politics and a source of friction and concern. But the worry has w...
The northwest portion of Mexico, called Baja California, is separated from the rest of the nation by the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre, an extension of the Rocky Mountain chain, divides into the Oriental range to the east and the Occidental range to the west. The central highlands, ...
On Friday March 3, four U.S. citizens werekidnappedafter a brazen attack carried out by multiple gunmen in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros. On Tuesday, Mexican and U.S. officials said two of the four U.S. citizens were found dead and two are alive. Mexico's security secret...
Four Americans were kidnapped in gunpoint in Matamoros, Mexico, shortly after crossing the Texas border. MEXICO CITY (AP) - 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. The four had entered Ma...
It’s also a crossing point for people traveling deeper into Mexico. As the headquarters of the Gulf cartel, Matamoros was once relatively calm. For years, a night out in the city was part of the “two-nation vacation” for spring breakers flocking to Texas’ South Padre Island. B...
Eugenics shaped immigration policy, too. As Mexicans continued crossing the border to provide the cheap labor for America’s rapidly expanding industrial agriculture, critics viewed them as an even greater threat to national “purity” than their European counterparts, who were subject to strict quotas...
A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean and is linked to South America by the Isthmus of Panama. Central Americanadj.& n. ...
A majority also say the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is a major problem, and many think the amount of migrants crossing the border is higher than both what the news reports, and the number who have crossed in previous years. Views about immigration – both in regards to policy ...
Though American scofflaws have been accused of crossing into Mexico for nonessential errands, overall border crossings have plummeted. One young man working at a pharmacy near Tijuana told CNN that business had fallen about 40% since the border closed. He asked to remain anonymous because he ...