Global Automakers React to Trump’s 25% Tariff on Imported Cars

Global Automakers React to Trump’s 25% Tariff on Imported Cars

Mexico deployed thousands of National Guard troops to the border to deter migrants from reaching the United States. South Korea said it would invest $21 billion in expanding U.S. manufacturing. Japanese officials descended on Washington, offering to invest $1 trillion in the United States and buy more American natural gas. None of that was enough … Read more

Consumer confidence slumps to 12-year low as Americans fret over their financial prospects

Consumer confidence slumps to 12-year low as Americans fret over their financial prospects

Americans are increasingly anxious about their financial prospects, with a closely watched gauge of consumer confidence slumping to a 12-year low amid growing concerns about tariffs and inflation.  The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.2 points in March to 92.9, the fourth straight monthly decline and its lowest level since January … Read more

Clues From Inside an ‘Extermination Camp’ Promise Despair and Hope

Clues From Inside an ‘Extermination Camp’ Promise Despair and Hope

Irma González recognized the gray backpack in the photo. It was the same one her son had used for high school and the one he had taken with him for his first job three years ago, just before he vanished. When Ms. González, 43, saw the images on television of bone fragments and scattered personal … Read more

Two men found guilty in 2022 Texas smuggling attempt that resulted in 53 migrant deaths

Two men found guilty in 2022 Texas smuggling attempt that resulted in 53 migrant deaths

Two men charged after 53 immigrants died in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning were found guilty Tuesday after a two-week trial. The 2022 tragedy in San Antonio was the nation’s deadliest smuggling attempt across the U.S.-Mexico border. Jurors in federal court in San Antonio took only about an hour to … Read more

Top Mexican prosecutor investigating alleged cartel killing site where bones, shoes were found: “The truth will come out”

Top Mexican prosecutor investigating alleged cartel killing site where bones, shoes were found: "The truth will come out"

Mexico’s attorney general on Wednesday reported irregularities in an investigation by state authorities into an alleged cartel killing site and training camp at a ranch in the western state of Jalisco where people searching for relatives found bones and hundreds of articles of clothing and other personal effects. The “ranch of horror,” as some local media … Read more

Mexico City bans violent bullfighting in bid to keep the tradition, but without the bloodshed

Mexico City bans violent bullfighting in bid to keep the tradition, but without the bloodshed

Mexico City — Mexico City lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ban violent bullfighting, triggering outrage from aficionados and celebration from animal rights advocates. The legislation, approved by a 61-1 vote, prohibits the killing of bulls and the use of sharp objects that could injure the animals. It also sets time limits on how long bulls … Read more

Armed men release video denouncing group searching for missing relatives at site of suspected cartel training camp

Armed men release video denouncing group searching for missing relatives at site of suspected cartel training camp

Masked and heavily armed men have circulated a video denouncing people searching for missing relatives at the site of what authorities said was a cartel training camp in the western Mexican state of Jalisco. In a video circulating Monday night, a man, flanked by others standing in formation, read a statement identifying them as members of … Read more

Mexico City Bans Traditional Bullfights for Violence-Free Option

Mexico City Bans Traditional Bullfights for Violence-Free Option

In the biggest bullfighting city in the largest bullfighting country in the world, Mexico City lawmakers overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to ban traditional bullfighting — a move that was supported by Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, but was fiercely opposed by backers of the centuries-old custom. The legislation, approved by a 61-1 vote, prohibits the injuring … Read more