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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was extradited to the US two years ago

'El Chapo' jury told he was used as a scapegoat

A lawyer for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has told jurors his client was a scapegoat, with even a famous 2015 prison escape part of an elaborate conspiracy to set him up as a "fall guy."

News • 31 Jan 19

Increasing number of families are trying to enter the US

US to begin forcing asylum seekers to stay in Mexico

The US government is to return the first group of migrants seeking asylum in the United States to the Mexican border city of Tijuana, marking the start of a major policy shift by the Trump administration.

US • 25 Jan 19

Death toll from Mexico fuel explosion rises to 79

The death toll from a fiery explosion in central Mexico rose to 79 today as authorities vowed to hold accountable those responsible for a fuel-line leak that drew hundreds of people looking to gather gasoline.

World • 20 Jan 19

Mexican television footage showed flames leaping into the night sky in the municipality of Tlahuelilpan

66 dead in Mexico pipeline blast

At least 66 people were killed and dozens injured when a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves exploded in central Mexico as dozens of people tried to fill up containers, state and federal authorities said.

World • 19 Jan 19

Federal workers are receiving free meals as part of a programme set up by chef Jose Andres

Unpaid workers flock to food banks amid US shutdown

Four weeks into the US government shutdown, cash-strapped federal workers are tapping life-savings, selling possessions and turning to soup kitchens to make ends meet - ramping up pressure for leaders in Washington to strike a deal.

US • 16 Jan 19

El Chapo had ambitions to direct the film himself

'El Chapo' wanted to direct film of his life story

For years, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman worked on plans for a book and film about his life story that he wanted to direct himself, the Mexican drug lord's ex-right hand man testified today.

World • 14 Jan 19

Hundreds of federal workers and contractors rally against the partial federal government shutdown in Washington, DC

Trump won't declare national emergency 'right now'

US President Donald Trump has said he would not declare a national emergency "right now" to end a standoff over border security, becoming the president that presided over the longest shutdown in US history

US • 12 Jan 19

As Trump visited border, protesters visited White House

On a visit to the US-Mexico border yesterday, President Trump met law enforcement agents.

Analysis and Comment • 11 Jan 19

Trump pushes wall plan in US-Mexico border visit

US President Donald Trump has travelled to Texas to promote his controversial border wall project, pulling out of a major international forum later this month with no end in sight to a row that has partially shut the US government.

US • 11 Jan 19

Donald Trump has invited congressional leaders to a meeting today in a bid to break the deadlock

Trump demands $5.7bn for wall to tackle border 'crisis'

US President Donald Trump used a prime-time address to the nation to insist on $5.7bn for a steel wall along the Mexican border that he said would stop the shedding of "American blood" by illegal immigrants.

US • 09 Jan 19

Aerial view of Donald Trump's border wall prototypes as seen from Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico

Trump to make case for wall in prime-time address

US President Donald Trump will make his case to Americans that a "crisis" at the US border with Mexico requires a wall in a prime-time address aimed at building support for a campaign promise that has sparked an 18-day government shutdown.

US • 08 Jan 19

Migrants from Honduras try to walk along the US-Mexico border fence in Playas de Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico

US border chief defends agents after children's deaths

The head of US Customs and Border Protection has defended his agents' handling of two sick children who died in their custody, saying they did everything they could to get medical help for them in difficult circumstances.

US • 30 Dec 18

Donald Trump said he refuses to fully fund the government until he gets a border wall

US shutdown extends to next week as Senate adjourns

Negotiations between opposition Democrats and Republicans have failed to end a partial US government shutdown, pushing to next week any hopes of ending the impasse over President Donald Trump's demand for border wall funding.

US • 28 Dec 18

The boy and his father were in CBP custody on 24 December when the child became ill

Boy dies after being detained by US border agents

An eight-year-old Guatemalan migrant boy died shortly after midnight on Tuesday after being detained by US border agents, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said, making him the second migrant child this month to die in US detention.

US • 25 Dec 18

Members of the Federal Police search the scene of the helicopter crash

Call for inquiry as Mexican governor killed in crash

A Mexican governor and her senator husband were killed in a helicopter crash just days after she had taken office following a bitterly contested election.

Mexico • 25 Dec 18

Donald Trump makes a video call to service members from the Oval Office

Partial govt shutdown to last until wall built - Trump

US President Donald Trump has said the partial shutdown of the federal government was going to last until his demand for funds to build a US-Mexico border wall is met.

US • 25 Dec 18

Congress meets in the US Capitol building in Washington

US government shutdown set to last through Christmas

A partial US government shutdown has entered its second day and is set to stretch through Christmas, after Congress adjourned for the weekend with no deal in sight to end an impasse over funding for President Donald Trump's wall on the US-Mexico border.

US • 23 Dec 18

Donald Trump wants Mexico to send migrants trying to enter US illegally back to their home countries

Trump urges Mexico to send migrants back home

US President Donald Trump has said Mexico should send migrants seeking asylum in the United States back to their home countries, a day after US authorities shut the country's busiest southern border crossing and fired tear gas into the crowd.

US • 26 Nov 18

Migrants cross the dry riverbed of the Tijuana River trying to get to the El Chaparral port of entry

US shuts Mexico border post as migrants try to cross

All US-Mexico border traffic has been halted at the busy crossing between San Diego and Tijuana, US officials have said, as migrants amass at the border seeking asylum.

World • 25 Nov 18

Mexico's incoming interior minister said there was "no agreement of any type between the future government of Mexico and the United States

Mexico denies striking deal with US on migrants

US President Donald Trump has tweeted that migrants at the US-Mexico border would stay in Mexico until their asylum claims were individually approved in US courts, but Mexico's incoming government has denied striking any deal.

World • 25 Nov 18

US troops set up barbed wire at the San Ysidro entry point on the border

Trump threatens migrants with US-Mexico border closure

US President Donald Trump has threatened to close the entire US-Mexico border if disorder erupts involving thousands of migrants trying to enter the United States.

US • 23 Nov 18

'El Chapo' is considered the world's largest drug trafficker

El Chapo bribed former Mexican minister, trial told

A former cartel operative told the US trial of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman that he bribed a former Mexican cabinet minister with millions of dollars stuffed into two suitcases and hand-delivered in a restaurant.

World • 21 Nov 18

Migrants are travelling in a large caravan to the US

Judge blocks Trump order on asylum restrictions

A US judge has temporarily blocked an order by President Donald Trump that barred asylum for immigrants who entered the country illegally from Mexico, the latest courtroom defeat for Mr Trump on immigration policy.

US • 20 Nov 18

Groups of migrants have been gathering on the beach at the border fence that separates Mexico from California

Tension as hundreds of migrants reach US border

Hundreds of migrants have reached the US-Mexico border today, their numbers swelling as the main body of a much larger caravan of Central Americans followed behind them at an accelerated pace through Mexico.

US • 14 Nov 18

Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán following his extradition to the United States from Mexico in January 2017

El Chapo 'scapegoat' for real leader of Sinaloa Cartel

A lawyer for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has told a New York jury in opening remarks that his client was a "scapegoat" for the real leader of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.

US • 14 Nov 18