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A makeshift altar in honor of migrants who died in a dormitory fire at an immigration detention center that killed more than three dozen people, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, April 20, 2023. Mexico prosecutor's office said, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in a statement, that a federal judge has charged another Venezuelan migrant for his alleged role in the March blaze at the detention center.

Mexico charges migrant in detention center fire that killed 40

Surfers at Amazon’s mouth ride some of world’s longest-lasting waves

US vice president announces more than $100M to help Caribbean during official visit to Bahamas

Haitians are dying of thirst and starvation in severely overcrowded jails

Activist: Kidnapping, killings of call center workers in Mexico has been happening for years

In this photo courtesy of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a vaquita marina swims in the Biosphere Reserve of the Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta, in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, May 20, 2023. Experts on the expedition estimate they saw between 10 and 13 of the porpoises during nearly two weeks of sailing in May 2023 in the Gulf of California.

Against the odds, world’s most endangered porpoise resists extinction in Mexico’s Gulf of California

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City, Jan. 10, 2023. Mexico’s president described the slayings of five men caught on security camera footage as an apparent “execution” by soldiers, and vowed Wednesday, June 7, 2023, that the perpetrators would face justice.

Mexican president: Soldiers apparently executed five men, will face prosecution

Opponents compete to square off against Venezuela’s powerful leader

Chancellor of Mexico Marcelo Ebrard, center left, and Colorado Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, center right, wait with fellow officials during the repatriation of a part of "Monument 9," an Olmec civilization statue that is believed to represent an "earth monster," Friday, May 19, 2023, in Denver. Officials from Mexico were on hand for the ceremony and were scheduled to return by military plane with the statue to Mexico late Friday. Officials believe that the monument, which is from the central Mexican state of Morelos, was created sometime between 800-400 B.C.

Mexico’s foreign minister plans to step down to pursue presidential bid

Mexico investigates possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers

8 young workers at drug cartel call center killed, bodies placed in bags

Peruvian judge affirms extradition to U.S. of chief suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance

Mexico lowers alert level for Popocatepetl volcano

El Salvador prosecutors said ex-president approved 1989 massacre of Jesuits

4.9 magnitude quake strikes southern Haiti; four dead, dozens injured

Recordings shake confidence in Colombia’s leftist government, jeopardize reforms

One year after their killing, loved ones pay tribute to duo slain in Amazon rainforest

A woman uses a bucket to remove water from inside her flooded house, after a heavy rain in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, June 3, 2023.

Death toll rises to 42 as Haiti struggles to recover from floods

Argentine judge dismisses long-running corruption case against vice president