- Mexico's richest man to rebuild collapsed subway line
![FILE- In this May 4, 2021 file photo, Mexico City's subway cars lay at an angle after a section of Line 12 of the subway collapsed in Mexico City. Mexico City´s prosecutor´s office concluded Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, that the accident was due to mistakes made during the construction of the metro line and that it will prosecute those involved in the crash.]()
- U.S. congressmen complain about Mexico energy changes
![FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2020 file photo, a power generation plant stands idle near Huexca, Morelos state, Mexico. A constitutional reform presented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would cancel contracts under which some private power generating plants plants sell power into the national grid, declares "illegal" other private plants that sell energy direct to corporate clients in Mexico and would cancel many long-term energy supply contracts and clean-energy preferential buying schemes.]()
- Mexico City brings charges against 10 in subway collapse
![FILE- In this May 4, 2021 file photo, Mexico City's subway cars lay at an angle after a section of Line 12 of the subway collapsed in Mexico City. Mexico City´s prosecutor´s office concluded Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, that the accident was due to mistakes made during the construction of the metro line and that it will prosecute those involved in the crash.]()
- Maduro ally appears in court to face corruption charges
![FILE - In this Thursday, Sept 9, 2021, file photo, pedestrians walk near a poster asking for the freedom of Colombian businessman and Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab, in Caracas, Venezuela. Saab, a top fugitive close to Venezuela's socialist government has been put on a plane to the U.S. to face money laundering charges, a senior U.S. official confirmed Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021.]()
- Mexico City lowers pandemic alert to lowest level
![People wear masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic in downtown Mexico City, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Starting Monday, Mexico City lifts some of its virus restrictions, allowing bars, clubs and indoor events to fill up to 50% capacity, and massive outdoor events can fill to capacity but masks will still be required.]()
- Venezuela halts talks after Maduro ally's extradition to US
![Venezuelan President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez, center, speaks to the press as an image of Colombian businessman and Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab is in the back in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct 16, 2021. Venezuela's government said Saturday it would halt negotiations with the country's opposition in retaliation for the extradition to the U.S. of a close ally of President Nicolás Maduro wanted on money laundering charges.]()
More From The Border
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![The La Geo Geothermal Power Plant operates in Berlin municipality, Usulutan department, El Salvador, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. The government announced that it has installed 300 processors at this plant to "mine" cryptocurrency, and is using geothermal resources from the country's volcanos to run the computers that perform the calculations to verify transactions in bitcoin, recently made legal tender.]()
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![Volunteers use shovels as they search an area for the bodies of missing persons on the outskirts of Cuautla, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. The government's registry of Mexico's missing has grown more than 20% in the past year and now approaches 100,000.]()
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![Followers of Maria Lionza's cult practice a ritual at Sorte Mountain in Venezuela's Yaracuy state, early Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, one year after the annual pilgrimage was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. Along with Santeria, Venezuela is home to other folk religions, such as the sect surrounding the Indian goddess Maria Lionza, an indigenous woman who according to tradition was born on Sorte Mountain and whose cult has spread to Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Central America.]()
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![FILE- In this May 4, 2021 file photo, Mexico City's subway cars lay at an angle after a section of Line 12 of the subway collapsed in Mexico City. Mexico City´s prosecutor´s office concluded Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, that the accident was due to mistakes made during the construction of the metro line and that it will prosecute those involved in the crash.]()
Immigration
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![FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2021, file photo, students board a school bus on New York's Upper West Side. Even as most students return to learning in the classroom this school year, disruptions to in-person learning, from missing one day because of a late school bus to an entire two weeks at home due to quarantine, remain inevitable as families and educators navigate the ongoing pandemic.]()
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![FILE - This photo combo shows from left, shows Virginia Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Hala Ayala and Virginia Republican Lt. Governor candidate Winsome Sears on Sept. 1, 2021 in McLean, Va.]()
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![FILE - This Sept 12, 2001 file photo shows workers at ground zero after the Sept.11 attacks in New York. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other two legislators reintroduced a bill in the House on Friday to put immigrants who cleared debris after the Sept. 11 attacks on a fast track to legal immigration status in the United States.]()
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![FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2021 file photo, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic Arizona Sen. Sinema faced more defections Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, from the broad base of support she built to win her seat in 2018 when five members of her veterans advisory council resigned over her opposition to parts of President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan and refusal to ditch the Senate filibuster. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)]()
Cartels & The Drug War
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![Police security tape covers the entrance of a restaurant the day after a fatal shooting in Tulum, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Two foreigners were killed and three wounded in a shooting in the Mexican Caribbean resort town of Tulum.]()
- MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials from Mexico and the United States are developing a new framework for their governments’ security relationship that is more “holistic” in addressing crime and will tackle a broader range of issues than the previous... By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
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![Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubon, minister of foreign affairs of Mexico, during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.]()
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![FILE - In this June 24, 2021 file photo, the family of Ricardo Valdes, who disappeared on the road on May 25, placed missing posters during a protest in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico. Officials said in statement on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, that an apparently long-running "extermination site" has been found outside the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo.]()
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![FILE - This photo from Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, shows incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., right, during a gubernatorial debate with Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. Murphy moved New Jersey to the left since he won election four years ago, but goes under a test that Democrats have not passed in recent years as he seeks re-election in this year's race for governor.]()
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![Inn this image provided by the U.S. Army, U.S.-affiliated Afghans arrive at the Pristina International Airport in Kosovo on Oct. 16, 2021. During their temporary stay at Camp Liya, Afghan families receive housing, medical, and logistical support from Task Force Ever Vigilant. The U.S. is welcoming tens of thousands of Afghans airlifted out of Kabul but has disclosed little publicly about a small group who remain overseas: Dozens who triggered potential security issues during security vetting and have been sent to an American base in the Balkan nation of Kosovo. The exact number in Kosovo fluctuates as new people arrive and others leave when security issues, such as missing documents, are resolved, according to U.S. officials. (Sgt. Gloria Kamencik/U.S. Army via AP)]()
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![Phil Retberg feeds his hogs at the Quill's End Farm, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in Penobscot, Maine. A ballot question in will give Maine voters a chance to decide on a first-in-the-nation "right to food amendment."AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)]()
