The US Supreme Court gave new hope Monday to the family of a Mexican boy shot on the American frontier, ordering a lower court to reconsider their lawsuit against the border patrol agent who killed him. Justices said the appeals court made a significant legal error when it ruled that the family of Sergio Hernandez … Read more
After more than a decade apart, the Pastrana family on Saturday finally got to embrace during a special event allowing nearly 200 families separated by the US-Mexico border to spend three minutes together. The meeting took place in the middle of the murky Rio Grande — which divides the Mexican city Ciudad Juarez and El … Read more
Mexican immigrant Roberto Beristain’s own American wife voted for Donald Trump as US president because he promised to expel crooks from the country. Now, after 20 years living and working in the United States, it is Beristain himself, a 43-year-old father of three, who has been deported. “My wife is not very happy, because she … Read more
The US Supreme Court appeared divided Tuesday as it weighed a thorny cross-border case involving the death of a young boy shot on Mexican soil by an American border patrol agent standing on the US side of the frontier. At issue before the eight black-robed justices is whether the family of 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez Guereca … Read more
Guadalupe Guereca wants just one thing: “Justice.” In a choked voice, the 59-year-old woman recounts the death of her teenage son, fatally shot on Mexican soil by an American policeman standing on the US side of the border. “He was taken away from me forever,” the gray-haired mother said, sitting on the bed in her … Read more
Thousands of Mexicans linked arms to form a “human wall” on their country’s border with the United States, protesting President Donald Trump’s plan to build a massive barrier between the countries. The protest, organized by local authorities and Mexican advocacy groups, brought together people armed with flowers, including politicians, social leaders and crowds of students … Read more
Mexico expects to extradite drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States by February, the country’s top security official says. But Guzman can appeal any decision to extradite him and his lawyers say they will “fight until the end”. He faces multiple charges in the US, including drug trafficking and murder. The leader … Read more