[ad_1] ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jurors on Tuesday convicted a father of terrorism charges in a case that stemmed from the search for a 3-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia and was found dead hundreds of miles away at a squalid compound in northern New Mexico in 2018. Prosecutors told jurors that the boy’s father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, and other members of his family had fled with the toddler to a remote stretch of the…
"New Mexico father and family members convicted in kidnapping and terrorism case"Tag: Mexico
[ad_1] ALBUQUERQUE — For five long weeks, the White House hung in the balance as one of the closest, most wrenching presidential campaigns in history went deep into overtime. It all came down to Florida, where Republican George W. Bush was finally declared the winner, by Supreme Court decree. The official margin was 537 votes. But in 2000, one state was even closer. Lost amid Florida’s tumult and all the legal gladiating was Al Gore’s victory…
"How growing cities and Latino clout turned New Mexico blue"
[ad_1] Video footage circulating online of guards appearing to leave migrants behind after a fire broke out at a detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico late Monday shocked the world, with the tragedy killing at least 39 people and leaving another 28 seriously injured. At least one migrant allegedly lit a foam mattress on fire to protest after they were informed they would be deported, according to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Scores of…
"Policies in the U.S. and Mexico Led to Detention Center Fire"
[ad_1] CUIDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Sitting on train tracks a few hundred feet south of the U.S. border, Nathalie Gonzalez, 23, pulled her 4-year-old daughter a little closer. Night was coming. She had no idea where they would sleep. They had journeyed 3,000 miles from Venezuela to seek asylum, slogging through jungles, hiding in cargo trains and begging on streets for food. At last they had arrived in this chilly industrial city in northern Mexico,…
"As Biden prepares to visit El Paso border, northern Mexico fills with stranded migrants"
[ad_1] Brenda Sánchez, a school teacher in Monterrey, Mexico, lives with her three kids in a poor area of the city known as Poniente, about 2 1/2 hours south of the Texas border. Amid a severe water shortage in Monterrey, she said the government had a rationing plan in place to maintain access to water on a regular basis — but that it’s rarely put into practice where she lives. “We were supposed to have…
"In the north of Mexico, water cuts to cope with shortages hit poor communities hardest "
[ad_1] The Peñasquito mine, owned by U.S. company Newmont Goldcorp and located in the state of Zacatecas in northern Mexico, produces gold, silver, lead and zinc, the latter two of which are essential for the energy transition. CREDIT: Courtesy of Lucía Vergara by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Inter Press Service MEXICO CITY, Feb 22 (IPS) – The debate in Mexico and at an international level is focused on certain minerals that are…
"Mexico Needs a Mining Industry Model for the Energy Transition — Global Issues"