Mexico’s arrest of drug cartel suspects has become fairly commonplace. On Thursday, it was six suspected members of La Familia, based in Michoacan. A day earlier, it was a man identified as a top leader of the ruthless Zetas.
A black and white ultrasound shows a baby girl nestling in her mother’s womb.
Rescue operations were set to continue Thursday in Peru after a possibly overloaded ferry capsized in the Amazon River, killing at least 12 of the officially listed 152 people on board, the state-run Andina news agency reported.
All 21 people aboard a military plane that went missing off Chile’s Pacific coast, near the Juan Fernandez islands, are dead, Defense Minister Andres Allamand said Saturday.
Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is continuing her third bid to swim from Cuba to Florida despite suffering the effects of multiple Portuguese man o’ war stings received only a couple of hours into the attempt.
The 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped underground for more than three weeks spoke directly with family members for the first time Sunday, as officials worked to keep the men’s spirits and health in good shape.
For the launch of VICE magazine in Mexico, we decided to make an entire issue about Mexico, written entirely by Mexicans.
Two people died and more than 8,000 others were left homeless in southern Brazil as heavy rains pelted the area since Friday, the state-run Agencia Brasil news agency reported Monday, citing civil defense officials.
A right-wing paramilitary leader in Colombia was killed in a police operation on Christmas Day, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Wednesday.
Hurricane Ophelia grew into a raging Category 4 storm late Saturday as it passed northeast of Bermuda, though it is predicted to weaken considerably before making landfall in Canada on Monday.
A tropical depression in southwestern Gulf of Mexico strengthened into a tropical storm Monday morning, forecasters said.
Authorities were working to determine Saturday what caused a helicopter crash that killed nine people in southeastern Mexico.
A 14-year-old American citizen has been found guilty in a Mexican court of torturing and beheading at least four people and kidnapping three others.
Venezuela continues to nationalize private businesses, with President Hugo Chavez announcing late Monday that the government will take over two U.S.-owned Owens-Illinois glass-manufacturing plants.
Brazil’s cool and contentious relationship with the United States over trade and foreign policy has warmed a few degrees, analysts said Sunday, as President Barack Obama’s visit appeared to charm officials and crowds during his two-day visit to South America’s largest nation.
Gunmen ambushed and killed three state prosecutors in front of a school in the border city of Juarez on Wednesday, authorities said.
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