James Fredrick
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The wife of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was arrested on charges related to alleged involvement in international drug trafficking at Dulles Airport in Virginia.
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"The damage of this kind of diet is even more visible because of the pandemic," says a Oaxaca legislator who spearheaded a law against the sale of junk food and soda to minors. The idea is spreading.
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In Mexico, state governments are outlawing the sale of junk food to minors because high rates of obesity and diabetes have led to increased deaths from COVID-19.
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Low earners have been doubly hit: They make up the highest share of virus-related deaths and lack the funds to stay afloat as the pandemic plunges Mexico deeper into recession.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nickea Bradley, Houston's deputy director for emergency management, about the challenges of preparing for hurricane season amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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After Mexican officials fought to stop a migrant caravan from entering, Saury Vallecilla Ortega was temporarily separated from her youngest child and feared for the worst.
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Migrants trying to make it from Central America to the U.S. were blocked by Mexican troops. Mexico promised the Trump administrator it would try to keep migrants away from the U.S. Southern border.
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Thousands of migrants from Central America are fleeing their countries and heading north. Hundreds have already arrived at Mexico's southern border.
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President Trump says he's going to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists. Mexico is alarmed, saying this could violate their national sovereignty and complicate relations between the neighbors.
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The meeting of Aztec Emperor Montezuma II and Hernán Cortés and the events that followed weigh heavily in Mexico half a millennium later.