July 22, 2019 Tainted alcohol kills at least 19 in Costa Rica, health officials say At least 19 people have died since early June after drinking alcohol tainted with methanol in Costa Rica, prompting a national alert and widening the focus on the problem of bootleg liquor in Latin America.
July 19, 2019 Mexican president denounces drug kingpin 'El Chapo' life sentence and 'inhumane' jail conditions Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador denounced the life sentence a U.S. judge handed down to drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman, who was extradited last year.
July 18, 2019 Delaware woman sues luxury resort in Dominican Republic for $3 million over alleged attack A Delaware woman who says she was viciously beaten by an employee where she was staying in January while on vacation in the Dominican Republic is suing the resort company for $3 million.
July 16, 2019 Colombian man busted trying to smuggle cocaine under his wig A Colombian man who looked nervous coming out of his flight in Barcelona, Spain caught the attention of security officials not for his actions, but for his very unusual looking wig.
July 12, 2019 Brazilian president considering his Trump-supporting son to be U.S. ambassador Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is weighing nominating his son, Eduardo, to be the ambassador to the United States.
July 9, 2019 Mexico uses X-ray in its crackdown on illegal immigrants entering country Mexico is using high-tech toys to catch human traffickers bringing migrants to the United States.
July 9, 2019 Kinsey Wolanski, who pulled off Champions League stunt, says she and boyfriend were arrested at Copa America Kinsey Wolanski, the notorious Champions League trespasser, revealed in an Instagram post on Monday that she and her boyfriend were jailed after trying to run across the field at the Copa America final.
July 6, 2019 Authorities seek to seize El Chapo's $12.6 billion assets Convicted cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman owes the U.S. government over $12 billion, federal prosecutors said Friday.
July 4, 2019 Mexico murder rate reaches all-time high Mexico saw a record number of murders in the first six months of the year, with an average 94 killings each day.
July 3, 2019 Hard Rock's Dominican Republic resort, where two US tourists died, pulls minibar dispensers from all rooms The Hard Rock resort in the Dominican Republic, where two U.S. tourists died in the past year, says it is removing minibars from all its guest rooms.