April 15, 2019 4 dead after shooting in Canada; 1 male suspect in custody Canadian police say a 60-year-old man is in custody after four targeted shootings that killed two men and two women in the city of Penticton, British Columbia.
April 15, 2019 Mexico human rights commission: 8,800 migrants in south Mexico's National Human Rights Commission is calling for protective measures and government action for more than 8,800 migrants moving in various groups through the south of the country.
April 15, 2019 45 bodies found in clandestine graves in Mexico Officials confirmed the discovery of up to 45 bodies at clandestine burial sites in Mexico, with an estimated 30 cadavers found in one spot in the northern state of Sonora and 15 buried under the patio of a multifamily house on the outskirts of Guadalajara in Jalisco state.
April 15, 2019 Nicaragua gov't says it will guarantee safe return of exiles Nicaragua's government said Monday it will implement a program to guarantee the safe return of exiles, a proposal the opposition dismissed as "absurd."
April 15, 2019 Canada hits Venezuelan government with more sanctions Canada is imposing more sanctions on the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who it blames for the country's deteriorating political and economic situation.
April 15, 2019 Prosecutors ask Peru judge to keep ex-president behind bars Prosecutors in Peru are asking a judge to keep former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski behind bars as he is investigated for suspected money laundering related to Latin America's biggest graft scandal.
April 15, 2019 Red Cross to get armed escorts in violent Mexican city Red Cross ambulances in the Mexican city of Salamanca will get armed escorts for the most risky calls, after the organization briefly closed over the weekend because of violence.
April 15, 2019 China says US treats Latin American like its 'backyard' Beijing has fired back at the U.S. after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized China's role in Venezuela as prolonging the crisis there.
April 15, 2019 Iraq seeks to reclaim leadership role, status in Arab world After decades of conflict, Iraq is seeking to reclaim a leadership role and status in the Arab world with a centrist policy and a determination among the country's top leaders to maintain good relations with both Iran and the United States.
April 14, 2019 Red Cross resumes service after kidnapping in central Mexico The Mexican Red Cross briefly shuttered operations in the central city of Salamanca after a man wounded by gunfire was pulled from one of its ambulances by gunmen over the weekend.