January 20, 2019 Thousands of caravan migrants request temporary asylum in Mexico; some try returning to US Thousands of Central American migrants, many of them from Honduras, are taking Mexico up on its offer of temporary asylum and work visas.
January 20, 2019 Pipeline explosion witnesses describe scene where 73 died: 'People's skin came off' Grief-stricken family members and witnesses to Friday's pipeline explosion in central Mexico -- which killed at least 73 people, burning many to just bones or ash, and injured at least 74 -- were still reeling from the tragedy Saturday.
January 19, 2019 Deadly fuel pipeline explosion in Mexico kills at least 66, injures dozens A leaking fuel pipeline that authorities claim had been illegally tapped erupted in a massive explosion Friday in Mexico's central Hidalgo state, resulting in at least 66 deaths.
January 19, 2019 El Chapo’s threatening text messages to mistress revealed: 'The mafia kills people who don't pay or people who snitch' Newly released text messages between Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and his mistress offer a look inside the drug lord’s twisted love life, showing he sent her love notes mixed with death threats — and that the two may share a secret lovechild.
January 18, 2019 Colombia's ELN rebels blamed for deadly car bombing as death toll rises to 21; 1 arrested Colombia's last-remaining rebel group was responsible for Thursday’s brazen car bombing at a police academy in Bogota that killed 21 people, according to officials who announced the arrest of a man for his alleged role in the attack.
January 17, 2019 Canadian man found dead after being kidnapped in Burkina Faso A Canadian geologist was found dead after he was abducted Tuesday by a dozen gunmen at a mining site in Burkina Faso, officials said Thursday, making him the second Canadian to go missing in the African country.
January 17, 2019 Suspected car bomb kills at least nine outside Colombian police academy A car bomb exploded outside a police academy on Bogota, Colombia on Thursday leaving at least nine dead and dozens injured, the city's mayor Enrique Penalosa said.
January 17, 2019 Three Mexican presidents linked to El Chapo corruption as trial raises bribery claims The trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has raised allegations of bribes paid to three Mexican presidents.
January 16, 2019 Holocaust survivor brutally attacked by stranger in Canada: report An elderly woman was reportedly attacked in Canada last year by a stranger in a cab whose driver allegedly knew the attacker was dangerous.
January 16, 2019 A rape suspect, a radio show host, and an immigration rights group are among those linked to organizing Central American caravans There are many suspects, but no ironclad answers for who or what organization is behind the migrant caravans that have sent thousands toward the U.S.-Mexico border since last October.