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Mexican authorities announced Wednesday that they found the remains of some of the 63 miners who were trapped 18 years ago in a coal mine in northern Mexico. The accident occurred at the Pasta de Conchos mine in the state of Coahuila, which borders Texas, on Feb. 19, 2006. Of the 73 miners on duty, eight survived with serious burns, …

A recent Washington State University graduate and her Idaho fiancé may have fled to Mexico with missing 2-year-old Seraya Aung Harmon, according to the Pullman Police Department. Seraya was last seen with her 21-year-old father, Aaron Aung of Moscow, Idaho, on May 29. That same day, Aung’s fiancée, 21-year-old Nadia Erika Cole, was last seen at the Seattle International Airport …

Nearly half of the unaccompanied minors making their way through immigration courts have been unable to secure legal counsel, according to a new report, a growing issue as the backlog of court cases continues to surge. One expert who spoke to Fox News Digital said those numbers may be exacerbated by young adults posing as minors and snatching up scarce …

One top expert on Latin America is warning that Mexico’s incoming president is likely to be more of the same and “bad news” for the United States when it comes to cooperation on issues like border security. Claudia Sheinbaum is projected to win Mexico’s presidential election and succeed outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Sheinbaum’s Morena Party was also projected …

FBI Director Christopher Wray says the U.S. needs “a whole lot more from Mexico” in order to shut down the cartels and stop the flow of precursors into the U.S., as a new president was just elected to serve as the country’s top leader. Wray met Tuesday with the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies to …

Turkish migrants are entering the U.S. through the southern border at record numbers, with smugglers turning to social media to boast how easy it is to enter the country through California, according to reports. Data on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website shows that in 2021, the number of Turkish migrant encounters along the southern border was just over …

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts. The country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of mayoral and other local candidates who threaten their control. Gangs in Mexico depend on controlling local police chiefs, and …

An alleged Sinaloa Cartel leader and assassin was extradited to the U.S. from Mexico over the weekend to face a litany of charges between indictments in southern New York and Washington, D.C. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a release Tuesday that 32-year-old Mexican national Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as “El Nini,” faces charges such as conspiring …

Mexico’s federal archeology agency on Monday accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country’s famous mummified 19th century bodies. The National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH, said that during recent renovations at the museum where the mummified bodies are on permanent display, the arm of one of the mummies, well, came off. One might think …

A cohort of 27 top Republican prosecutors have filed an amicus brief at the Supreme Court, asking it to take up a case brought by the Mexican government that seeks to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for gun violence at the hands of the cartels. On Tuesday, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with GOP colleagues, asked the court to …