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December 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM

7 inmates are dead after a prison riot in southern Mexico

Seven inmates are dead after a prison riot in southern Mexico, where inmates resisted transfers to other jails and fought police with guns and knives
December 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM
December 15, 2024 at 2:59 AM

US couple dies in Mexico after being found shot in pickup truck

The victims were identified by the Michoacán attorney general's office as Gloria Ambriz, 50, and Rafael Cardona, 53.
December 15, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Stock photo the Mexico and U.S. flags.
December 14, 2024 at 4:01 PM

American couple killed in Western Mexico

The couple from California were found shot in their pickup truck during a trip they made every year to visit relatives.
December 14, 2024 at 4:01 PM
VIDEO: American couple killed in Western Mexico
December 14, 2024 at 1:25 AM

Authorities investigate murder of American couple in western Mexico

Gloria Ambriz and Rafael Cardona were shot in their pickup, which was riddled with bullets in an area known for organized crime activity. The couple resided in California but owned a home in Mexico.
December 14, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Authorities investigate murder of American couple in western Mexico
December 10, 2024 at 8:12 PM

Mexico cruise tax postponed until summer 2025

The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association has announced Mexico's new cruise passenger tax will be postponed until July 2025.
December 10, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Stock photo.
December 3, 2024 at 2:55 PM

Missing Hawaiian woman crossed freely into Mexico, Los Angeles police say

Hannah Kobayashi walked freely into Mexico just after noon on Nov. 12, the Los Angeles Police Department said on Monday.
December 3, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Ryan Kobayashi, center, holds a picture of his missing daughter Hannah Kobayashi outside Crypto.com Arena, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 in Los Angeles.
1 month ago

Mexico's president says its 'position is not to close borders' after Trump's claim

President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum by phone on Wednesday. But it's unclear if they share the same vision on migration.
1 month ago
President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum by phone on Wednesday. But it's unclear if they share the same vision on migration.
1 month ago

Mexico's president says its 'position is not to close borders' after Trump's claim

President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum by phone on Wednesday. But it's unclear if they share the same vision on migration.
1 month ago
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the High Level Summit between Mexican and US leaders and businessmen at the National Palace in Mexico City on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
2 months ago

Family of Shanquella Robinson sues friends they allege killed her in Mexico

The family of Shanquella Robinson filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Robinson's travel companions, alleging battery, negligence, conspiracy and emotional distress.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Family of Shanquella Robinson sues friends they allege killed her in Mexico
2 months ago

Family files lawsuit after woman's death in Mexico

The family of Shanquella Robinson, who died while vacationing in Mexico, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Robinson’s travel companions.
2 months ago
The family of Shanquella Robinson, who died while vacationing in Mexico, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Robinson’s travel companions.
3 months ago

Tourists flee as man shot dead at luxury Cancun resort

A man was shot dead near a luxury resort in Cancun in a targeted shooting carried out by two suspects who fled on jet skis, authorities said.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Tourists flee as man shot dead at luxury Cancun resort
5 months ago

'El Chapo' son Joaquin Guzman Lopez pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges

Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of "El Chapo," pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance since his arrest last week.
5 months ago
Joaquin Guzman Lopez was arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, July 25, 2024.
5 months ago

12-year-old killed by gunmen on jet skis targeting rival drug dealer, officials say

A 12-year-old boy was killed on a beach in Cancun after gunmen on jet skis opened fire on a rival drug dealer, Mexican officials said Sunday.
5 months ago
General view of beaches along Cancun hotel zone in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Dec. 4, 2023.
5 months ago

2 Mexican drug cartel leaders arrested, in federal custody

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was apprehended when he was duped into getting on a flight that landed in Texas, while Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of drug lord “El Chapo,” was secretly flown to Chicago.
5 months ago
VIDEO: 2 Mexican drug cartel leaders arrested, in federal custody
5 months ago

Top Sinaloa cartel members arrested

Two top leaders of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel have been taken into custody by United States authorities to face charges for their role in leading the group's vast drug trafficking enterprise.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Top Sinaloa cartel members arrested
5 months ago

Treasury sanctions companies allegedly linked to timeshare fraud by Mexican cartel

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned four Mexican companies and three Mexican individuals allegedly linked to timeshare fraud, officials said.
5 months ago
Seal of the United States Treasury.
5 months ago

Desperate search for missing Utah teen in Mexico

The FBI is now assisting in the search for a 14-year-old Utah teenager who went missing while visiting her relatives in Mexico City last month.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Desperate search for missing Utah teen in Mexico
5 months ago

Search underway for 14-year-old Utah girl missing in Mexico

Elizabeth "Ely" Gonzalez, 14, was last seen on June 30, according to the FBI.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Search underway for 14-year-old Utah girl missing in Mexico
5 months ago

14-year-old American girl goes missing in Mexico

The FBI is assisting in a search for a Utah teen who disappeared while visiting relatives in Mexico City last month.
5 months ago
Elizabeth Gonzalez
6 months ago

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico

ABC News meteorologist Kevin Roth tracks where the storm is heading next.
6 months ago
VIDEO: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico
6 months ago

Mexico City residents, faced with water crisis, resort to drastic measures

ABC News reports on the dwindling clean water supply in one of the world’s largest cities, forcing many residents to resort to drastic measures.
6 months ago
VIDEO: Mexico City’s water crisis
6 months ago

Mexico City’s water crisis

ABC News’ Matt Rivers reports on the dwindling clean water supply in one of the world’s largest cities, forcing many residents to resort to drastic measures to obtain the water they need to survive.
6 months ago
VIDEO: Mexico City’s water crisis
6 months ago

Wife speaks out for 1st time after husband died by hot tub electrocution in Mexico

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Lizette Zambrano discusses the tragedy that happened at the Mexican resort town of Puerto Peñasco when her husband was electrocuted in a hot tub.
6 months ago
VIDEO: Wife speaks out for 1st time after husband died by hot tub electrocution in Mexico
6 months ago

Woman whose husband died by hot tub electrocution at Mexican beach resort speaks out

It was supposed to be paradise in Mexico for Lizette Zambrano and her husband Jorge but little did she know it would end in her coming home without the love of her life.
6 months ago
Lizette Zambrano, the woman who survived the hot tub electrocution and whose husband died speaks to "Good Morning America."
6 months ago

Biden sending more federal help to devastated communities in New Mexico

With fires spreading uncontrollably in New Mexico, President Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the state.
6 months ago
VIDEO: Biden sending more federal help to devastated communities in New Mexico
6 months ago

WHO confirms bird flu patient in Mexico died of other medical conditions

Mexican authorities reported the human case to the World Health Organization on May 23.
6 months ago
Mexican authorities reported the human case to the World Health Organization on May 23.
6 months ago

American killed, another injured by electric shock in Mexican hot tub: Police

Forensic analysis will be conducted to determine the origin of the apparent electrical failure, law enforcement said.
6 months ago
VIDEO:  American killed, another injured by electric shock in Mexican hot tub: Police
6 months ago

American man dies after being electrocuted in jacuzzi while in Mexico

One person was killed, and another was injured after experiencing an electric shock in a Jacuzzi at a private condominium complex in northwestern Mexico.
6 months ago
VIDEO: American man dies after being electrocuted in jacuzzi while in Mexico
6 months ago

ABC News exclusive: Inside a cartel's human-smuggling operation

ABC News exclusive: Matt Rivers reports on a cartel's human-smuggling operation in Mexico.
6 months ago
ABC News' Matt Rivers reports on the lucrative human smuggling business at the U.S.-Mexico border and gets exclusive access to a cartel's operation.
7 months ago

Mexico elects first female president

ABC News' Matt Rivers reports on Mexico's historic election that saw its first female president-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum, and what it could mean for U.S.-Mexico relations.
7 months ago
VIDEO: Mexico elects first female president
7 months ago

Mexico elects its 1st female president

Mexico elected its first female president in the country's 200-year history. Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor, won the election in a landslide with over 60% of the vote.
7 months ago
VIDEO: Rivers Mexico president
7 months ago

Mexico's 1st female president faces myriad crises: ANALYSIS

For the first time in the 200-year history of Mexico’s republic, a woman will become president of Mexico.
7 months ago
Mexico's presidential candidate for Morena party Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates following the results of the general election at Zocalo Square in Mexico City, on June 3, 2024.
7 months ago

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum, 1st woman to be president

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, the election institute said.
7 months ago
Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum waves to her supporters after winning the election, in Mexico City, Mexico, June 3, 2024.
7 months ago

Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic Mexican presidential election

Sheinbaum, who captured national attention as the mayor of Mexico City, will take office later this year as Mexico’s first-ever female president.
7 months ago
VIDEO: Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic Mexican presidential election
7 months ago

Mexico all but guaranteed to have its first woman president

The run-up to the election has been marred by violence, with dozens of candidates killed.
7 months ago
VIDEO: Mexico all but guaranteed to have its first woman president
7 months ago

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum, 1st woman to be president, election institute says

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, the election institute said.
7 months ago
Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, the election institute said.
7 months ago

Mexico on verge of electing its 1st female president

Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections that are a referendum on populism and democracy.
7 months ago
VIDEO: Mexico on verge of electing its 1st female president
7 months ago

Howler monkeys are dying in southern Mexico amid nationwide drought and heat wave

More than 100 howler monkeys have dropped dead from trees in southern Mexico's tropical forests amid a nationwide drought and heat wave, with rescuers racing to give water to the threatened monkeys.
7 months ago
VIDEO: Howler monkeys are dying in southern Mexico amid nationwide drought and heat wave
7 months ago

This taquería serves just 4 tacos and won a Michelin star, here's why

Taquería El Califa de León is the first Mexican taco shop and only shop among 16 Mexican restaurants to receive a Michelin star.
7 months ago
An overhead view of the Tacos El Califa de León taco stand, in Mexico City, May 15, 2024.
8 months ago

Missing tourists found dead in Mexico were trying to stop carjacking: Police

American Jack Carter Rhoad and Australians Jake Robinson and Callum Robinson were killed by suspects attempting to steal tires from their cars, according to authorities.
8 months ago
VIDEO: Missing tourists found dead in Mexico were trying to stop carjacking: Police
8 months ago

Urgent investigation after surfers disappear in Mexico

Authorities announced arrest warrants have been obtained for the crime of forced disappearance after an American and two Australian surfers went missing.
8 months ago
VIDEO: Urgent investigation after surfers disappear in Mexico
9 months ago

Body of missing 54-year-old woman found in cemetery on the side of highway in Mexico

The body of a 54-year-old woman missing since February has been found in a cemetery on the side of a highway in Mexico, police say.
9 months ago
The body of a 54-year-old woman missing since February has been found with signs of torture in a cemetery on the side of a highway in Mexico, police in Washington say.
10 months ago

US citizen arrested crossing border from Mexico in taxi with $130,000 of fentanyl

A U.S. citizen has been arrested crossing back into the U.S. from Mexico after authorities found an estimated $130,000 of fentanyl hidden in the taxi they were riding in.
10 months ago
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized 9.7 pounds of fentanyl with an estimated street value of $130,000.
10 months ago

'Important announcements' expected from US-Mexico-Guatemala migration meeting

Wednesday's meeting between the United States, Mexico and Guatemala on managing migration will result in "several important announcements," senior U.S. officials said.
10 months ago
A group of migrants attempt to go through a wire fence on the banks of the Rio Grande river along the border between Mexico and the United States as members of U.S. National Guard stand on the other side of the fence in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Feb. 27, 2024.
10 months ago

Biden to make his 2nd visit to southern border on the same day as Trump

President Joe Biden will make his second visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday to make another push for Congress to pass a bipartisan border deal.
10 months ago
President Joe Biden walks along the US-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas, on January 8, 2023.
10 months ago

US-Mexico border: 100 billion gallons of sewage creating a 'public health crisis'

Over the last five years, 100 billion gallons of untreated sewage, industrial waste and urban runoff have been dumped into the Tijuana River.
10 months ago
People look towards the US-Mexico border fence that runs into the Pacific Ocean, seen from Imperial Beach outside San Diego, Nov. 7, 2021.
10 months ago

American man with eyes taped shut rescued from remote part of Mexico

An American man was found by Mexican authorities in a house with his eyes taped shut in the town of Limones, which is in a remote area in Mexico's Quintana Roo province.
10 months ago
In this undated stock photo, a sign to Limones, Quintana Roo, Mexico is shown on the side of a road.
1 year ago

Kayakers rescued in Gulf of Mexico

A Carnival cruise came to the rescue of two men who were shipwrecked on a kayak in the Gulf of Mexico.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Kayakers rescued in Gulf of Mexico
1 year ago

At least 4 dead after boat carrying tourists sinks near Cancun

The boat, which was traveling from Isla Mujeres to Puerto Juárez, caught a strong sea swell, and the vessel began to sink as it took on water, officials said.
1 year ago
VIDEO: At least 4 dead after boat carrying tourists sinks near Cancun
1 year ago

Inside Mexico's 'Gringo Hunters' as they track down, capture foreign fugitives

"Impact x Nightline" gets an inside look at Mexico's International Liaison Unit and on hand as it tracked and captured U.S. fugitives.
1 year ago
Members of the Baja California state police's International Liaison Unit make an arrest.