The US Coast Guard intercepted a 25-foot sailboat carrying 16 Mexican nationals off the coast of California on Saturday and handed them over to border patrol, the agency said.The overcrowded boat was first spotted by a Coast Guard lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft about 54 miles off the coast of Point Loma near San Diego. A […]
Authorities in Tamaulipas, northeastern Mexico, have discovered five bodies during the search for members of a local band feared to have been kidnapped.The musicians, aged between 20 and 40, disappeared on Sunday after last being seen at a bar in the city of Reynosa, close to the US border. According to relatives, they had received […]
A leader of a notorious Mexican drug cartel who had a bounty on his head in the United States has died in a clash with army troops, authorities said Saturday.Sinaloa state, where the powerful cartel of the same name is based, is enduring a war between two rival factions that has left some 1,200 people […]
A goodwill visit turned tragic on Saturday night when a Mexican navy ship drifted into the Brooklyn Bridge, a route it was never meant to take, killing two sailors and injuring at least 22 others, reports the New York Times. The Cuauhtémoc, a tall-masted training ship used by Mexico’s naval cadets, had been docked at […]
Chaos as Mexican Navy ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge, sailors left dangling Two people have died and 17 others were injured when the Mexican Navy’s training vessel Cuauhtémoc crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, creating a harrowing scene as sailors were seen dangling from damaged masts high above the deck.The incident occurred around […]
Mexican Navy ship lost power moments before crashing into Brooklyn Bridge (Picture credit : AP) The Mexican navy tall ship, which collided with the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, apparently lost power moments before the crash, New York Post reported citing the NYPD. The accident left 2 people dead, multiple injured and damaged the vessel’s […]
The United States defence department announced on Thursday the establishment of a second military zone along the Mexican border for immigration law enforcement.The new zone, situated in Texas and connected to El Paso’s Fort Bliss Army base, follows the pattern of the first zone created in New Mexico last month. Military personnel in these areas […]
