US-Mexico relations

Cathe Hill wipes tears from her eyes during a vigil for victims of Saturday's mass shooting at a shopping complex, August 4, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

August 5, 2019, 8:32 am

Shooting victims include a mom who died protecting her baby

Also among dead was a man who helped those with cancer; a mother of two, including a newborn, who was studying nursing; three children left orphaned

By MORGAN LEE and AMY GUTHRIE

In this February 22, 2014, file photo, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

July 17, 2019, 9:57 pm

Mexican drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ sentenced to life in US prison

Joaquin Guzman’s sentence of life plus 30 years was all but unavoidable after February conviction, comes with $12.6 billion fine equal to his cartel’s drug profits in the US

By Tom Hays

US President Donald Trump waves as he steps off Air Force One after arriving, June 7, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

June 8, 2019, 9:53 am

Trump says US, Mexico reach agreement to prevent tariffs

In deal which falls short of dramatic overhauls Washington had pushed for, and in dramatic reversal of White House position earlier on Friday, president says tariff plan suspended

By Jill Colvin, Matthew Lee and LUIS ALONSO LUGO

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2019. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

January 8, 2019, 12:17 am

Trump ramps up Mexico wall row with national address, border visit

US president signals plan to force an end to stalemate, has threatened to bypass Congress by invoking emergency powers

By Sebastian Smith

White House adviser Jared Kushner waves, as he arrives at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, for talks on trade with Canada, in Washington, DC, on August 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/File)

November 28, 2018, 6:03 am

Mexico to grant highest honor to Jared Kushner

US president’s son-in-law and senior adviser to receive the Order of the Aztec Eagle for ‘significant contributions’ in renegotiating NAFTA

By AP

Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, of the MORENA party, arrives at a polling station to vote during general elections in Mexico City, on July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/ Marco Ugarte)

July 1, 2018, 10:46 pm

Mexico votes in elections centered on disgust with corruption, violence

Frontrunner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vows a social ‘transformation’, but critics worry he is promising more than the country can afford

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and Mark Stevenson

Alma Hernandez, a Mexican-American Jew and daughter of immigrants, is running for the Arizona House of Representatives and founded a progressive Jewish group in Tucson. (Courtesy of Hernandez)

June 22, 2018, 9:01 pm

Meet the Mexican-American Jew running for office on Arizona’s southern border

Leading push for Jewish activism on immigration, Alma Hernandez believes her many identities give her a unique perspective on social issues

By Ben Sales

FIFA president Gianni Infantino (R) poses with the United 2026 bid (Canada-Mexico-US) officials Carlos Cordeiro (3rd R), president of the United States Football Association, president of the Mexican Football Association Decio de Maria Serrano (2nd L), Steve Reed (2nd R), president of the Canadian Soccer Association, following the announcement of the 2026 World Cup host during the 68th FIFA Congress at the Expocentre in Moscow on June 13, 2018. (AFP/Mladen Antonov)

June 13, 2018, 5:52 pm

US, Mexico and Canada win race to host 2026 World Cup

North American bid pledges to bring $11 billion profit to FIFA; Trump congratulates co-hosts in tweet

By Guy JACKSON

US President Donald Trump signs Section 232 Proclamations on Steel and Aluminum Imports in the Oval Office of the White House on March 8, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

March 8, 2018, 11:10 pm

Trump rolls out sweeping tariffs, defying trade war warnings

The tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum will come into effect in 15 days, but will not initially apply to Canada and Mexico

By Andrew BEATTY and Margaret DONALDSON

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto meet in Mexico City, September 14, 2017 (Avi Ohayun/GPO)

September 15, 2017, 1:51 am

In Mexico, Netanyahu seeks a ‘pardon’ — for not visiting sooner

Months after sparking anger by tweeting support for Trump’s border wall, PM hails Mexicans as a ‘great people’

By Raphael Ahren

The US Embassy building in Tel Aviv, December 28, 2016. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

July 13, 2017, 2:34 am

Israel, Egypt spared as Republicans unveil foreign aid cuts

Trump wants to slash almost $17 billion from overseas subsidies to help pay for controversial US-Mexico border wall

By Andrew Taylor

View of Amigous Craft Beer, whose bottle shows an image of US President Donald Trump wearing a mariachi costume and swastika belt buckle, in Mexico City, on June 15, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/Bernardo Montoya)

June 18, 2017, 5:16 pm

Beer label shows Trump in mariachi garb with swastika

US, Mexican brewers cross borders with their deliberately controversial beer, which is ‘very bitter and very orange’

By JTA and AFP

Illustrative image of US President Donald Trump signing the Education Federalism Executive Order during a federalism event with governors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, April 26, 2017. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

April 27, 2017, 2:47 pm

White House: Trump won’t immediately pull out of NAFTA

US president seeks to renegotiate agreement with Canada and Mexico, officials say

By Jill Colvin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attending a ceremony marking 25 years since the 1992 terror attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, in Jerusalem, March 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 22, 2017, 11:02 pm

Netanyahu support for Trump’s wall triggers Mexican anti-Semitism

Jewish watchdog notes ‘alarming’ wave of online talkbacks vindicating Hitler, representing Jews as avaricious, greedy usurers

By JTA

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, listens to Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray as they offer a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry building in Mexico City on February 23, 2017. (Carlos Barria/Pool/AFP)

February 26, 2017, 2:37 am

Mexico vows to impose tariffs if Trump presses wall payment

White House threat to tax Mexican goods to pay for border wall would be met by similar tax across the border, foreign minister warns

By AFP