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Mexican Mayor Rejects Having His Visa Revoked Over Alleged Ties With Cartel

Matamoros Mayor Alberto Granados denied being detained at the border and having his visa revoked over alleged ties with the Gulf Cartel

Latin Times

Mexican Authorities Take Down Migrant Encampment In Matamoros, Leaving Families Stranded

Felicia Rangel-Samponaro, co-director of the Sidewalk School for Children Asylum Seekers, said migrant families often don't know where to find help while waiting for a chance to have their asylum interviews with U.S. officials.

Latin Times

Tributes of Dulce Pour in From the United States

The Mexican-American community of Brownsville, TX, the city that borders her Dulce's hometown of Matamoros, has been hit especially hard by the news of the singer's death.

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U.S. and Canada Update Travel Advisory For Those Traveling to Sinaloa Due to Ongoing Cartel Violence

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She Fled Mexico as a Child. Now, She Teaches Migrant Kids in Tamaulipas.

“When I see a mom with her child trying to cross, it's like I see myself in her.”

Texas Observer

Volunteers find human remains and bones in suspected cartel 'kitchen' in border state of Tamaulipas

Only Jalisco (14,991) has more reported cases of missing people in Mexico than Tamaulipas (13,228) so far this year

Latin Times

Mexican National Guard member let stolen cars through US border for months, federal agents say

License plate readers installed at checkpoints in California, Arizona and Texas recorded 2,829 stolen vehicles driven into Mexico last year

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The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico warns people traveling to Matamoros amid recent kidnappings

The state of Tamaulipas is the only Mexican border state to which the State Department has assigned a Level 4 designation, the same severity as Afghanistan.

Latin Times

‘We Are People Too’: Scenes of Migration in Matamoros and Reynosa

Even before Biden’s recent executive order, asylum-seekers were waiting for months in dangerous Mexican border towns for an appointment to cross into Texas.

Texas Observer

Life on the US-Mexico border is chaotic. An immigration scholar explains why − and it’s not for the reasons that some GOP lawmakers claim

As debate over U.S. immigration policy heats up during the 2024 presidential campaign, separating fact from fiction on the U.S.-Mexico border becomes increasingly difficult.

The Conversation

5 takeaways from NPR's reporting on the purported Matamoros flyer

Here's a summary of NPR's reporting about a purported flyer that was found in a portable toilet at a migrant encampment in Matamoros, Mexico that urged migrants to vote illegally for President Biden.

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A flyer in her name told migrants to vote for Biden. But she says she didn't write it

Viral images of the flyer were filmed in portable toilets of a migrant camp in Mexico, and they energized members of Congress. But NPR's reporting suggests the flyer is not what it purports to be.

WEKU

Paloma Noyola, Mexican Girl Touted 'Next Steve Jobs' Wants to Be Congresswoman in Her Hometown

The student who inspired Eugenio Derbez's 'Radical' film is running for a seat representing Matamoros

Latin Times

San Fernando: The Last Stop

A disturbing new book from journalist Marcela Turati reveals organized criminals routinely targeted and killed travelers at the Texas border.

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Mexican officials clear border tent camp as US pressure mounts to stem migrant influx

Mexican immigration officials are clearing out a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande as U.S. pressure mounts to limit a surge of migrants reaching the border

France 24

Video shows Mexican cartel with a working AT4 rocket launcher? Here’s what we know

A video widely shared on social media in late May shows a man, wearing a bulletproof vest marked with the logo of a Mexican cartel, carrying a weapon that looks like an AT4 anti-tank rocket launcher. The Russian ambassador to Mexico joined in the debate about the video on Twitter,…

Daily Mirror

Fourth person dies of fungal brain infection linked to dirty plastic surgery kit in Mexico

There are thought to be around 180 Americans at risk after doctors used un-sterilized equipment during liposuction, breast augmentation and Brazilian butt lifts in Matamoros, Mexico

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Texas woman dies of infection linked to cosmetic surgery in Mexico

Family says Lauren Brooke Robinson, 29, who reportedly contracted fungal meningitis, began to feel ill months after February procedure

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Deadly fungal meningitis outbreak linked to cosmetic procedures in Mexico

An outbreak of dangerous fungal infections has been tied to recent cosmetic procedures at specific clinics in Mexico. Health officials urge anyone who underwent such procedures to seek a medical evaluation right away.

Daily Mirror

Fungal outbreak linked to cheap plastic surgeries could be declared as health emergency

A WHO committee may be forced to declare a public health emergency following the death of two women believed to have contracted fungal meningitis during discounted cosmetic surgery

Daily Mirror

Plastic surgery patients likely 'injected with fungi' during cut-price cosmetic trips

Over 200 Americans have travelled to plastic surgery clinics in Matamoros, Mexico. Two patients have died after catching fungal meningitis, a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord

Daily Mirror

Warning after patients travelling for cosmetic surgery left with severe fungal infections

Two patients have died, with the most recent from Texas, US, last week, after being struck down with fungal meningitis. They had recently travelled to Matamoros, Mexico for cosmetic surgery

Daily Mirror

Two die from fungal brain infection linked to cut-price plastic surgeries in Mexico

A second person, thought to be from Texas, US, is believed to have contracted fungal meningitis after doctors used un-sterilized equipment during surgery in Matamoros in Mexico

Reuters

Uncertainty clouds US transition at Mexico border as new rules take effect

The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty.

Daily Mirror

Police capture two more Mexican cartel members over kidnapping of four Americans

Four Americans that crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that one of them could have cosmetic surgery were kidnapped on March 3 and two were killed

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