Tag: Mexico

Law enforcement officers discovered an 80-foot-long tunnel in Nogales, Ariz. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Border Patrol discovers second cross-border tunnel in the last week

Anna Giaritelli · March 30, 2016 12:57 am

The U.S. exported diesel -- the country's biggest petroleum export -- to 88 countries last year, with Mexico being the top destination with 12 percent of the per-day total. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Energy and Environment

Mexico loves U.S. energy

John Siciliano · March 26, 2016 4:01 am

A six-foot effigy of Trump, in a blue suit and his signature red tie, will be among those torched. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mexicans will celebrate Easter by torching a Donald Trump effigy

Gabby Morrongiello · March 25, 2016 2:27 pm

A bundle of confiscated marijuana waits to be picked up, documented, and destroyed by the Pima County Sheriff Department along Highway 286 and 86 in Tucson, Arizona, Friday, June 12, 2009. U.S. officials confirmed Wednesday evening they seized 3,000 pounds of marijuana in the sting operation. (Bloomberg/Matt Nager)

Feds bust U.S.-Mexico cross-border drug tunnel

Anna Giaritelli · March 24, 2016 4:58 am

Brandon Judd testified alongside Acting Border Patrol Chief Ronald Vitiello, who said another surge of unaccompanied children is expected at the border this summer. (AP Photo)

Border agent fears political payback for testifying in Congress

Joel Gehrke · March 23, 2016 8:52 pm

"Closing our land border with Mexico would be a ridiculous staging of security theater." (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Border mayors blast Trump’s call for closed borders after Brussels

Gabby Morrongiello · March 22, 2016 4:27 pm

A recent study looked at 50 cities where they know the mosquito Aedes aegypti resides. The mosquito is the primary carrier of Zika. (AP Photo)

Study: Zika could spread to 50 U.S. cities

Robert King · March 21, 2016 4:13 pm

Arizona House Speaker David Gowan, right, speaks with Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, during a visit to the Arizona south border with Mexico in Douglas, Ariz., Friday, March 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Cruz to Obama: ‘Move White House to border, see how security is’

Anna Giaritelli · March 18, 2016 11:47 pm

Ted Cruz, left, during a visit to the Arizona south border with Mexico in Douglas, Ariz., Friday, March 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Cruz to Obama: ‘Move White House to border, see how security is’

Anna Giaritelli · March 18, 2016 11:47 pm

Slowing growth globally is putting pressure on the U.S. economy, said Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Yellen: Fed is offsetting headwinds from China, Mexico, Canada

Joseph Lawler · March 16, 2016 8:04 pm

In December, Pope Francis announced Mother Teresa would become a saint after recognizing a second miracle attributed to her. (AP Photo)

Mother Teresa to become a saint on Sept. 4

Kelly Cohen · March 15, 2016 4:58 pm

A State Department spokesman told reporters Monday that while the department has offered to have Marco Rubio meet with Roberta Jacobson, "the senator has declined that invitation." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

State: Rubio refused to meet with Mexico ambassador nominee

Pete Kasperowicz · March 14, 2016 6:57 pm