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Mexican, Puerto Rican Communities Come Together To Help Native Regions
CHICAGO (CBS) — A destructive hurricane in Puerto Rico and earthquakes in Mexico bring Chicago’s Mexican and Puerto Rican communities together to try to help. The “Chicago for Mexico and Puerto Rico...
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Daddy Yankee Seeks Donations For Mexico and Puerto Rico at Concert
By Diamaris Martino CHICAGO (CBS) — Daddy Yankee plans to accept donations tonight at his concert at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom, for the natural disasters impacting Mexico and Puerto Rico. The Puerto...
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Lawyers, First Responders Host Benefit For Victims Of Hurricanes, Earthquake
CHICAGO (CBS) — Puerto Rican lawyers and first responders are asking Chicagoans to turn out for a benefit on the Northwest Side on Thursday night for Puerto Rican hurricane and Mexican earthquake...
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Local Priest’s Mission Collects Emergency Supplies For Mexico, Puerto Rico
CHICAGO (CBS) — A mission of love begins late Wednesday or early Thursday as dozens of people head to Mexico from the Chicago area to help earthquake victims. Father Jose Landaverde said his “Faith,...
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Report: TripAdvisor Removed Assault, Rape Claims By Mexico Resort Visitors
CBS Local — The investigation into an alleged rape of an American tourist at a Mexican resort in 2010 has uncovered shocking practices by one of the largest hotel review websites around. According to...
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At Least 12 Dead In Tourist Bus Crash In Mexico
CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 12 people died when a bus carrying cruise ship passengers to Mayan ruins in eastern Mexico flipped over on a highway early Tuesday. While the latest victims have not been...
View ArticleNo Suspensions From Canada-Mexico Brawl At Classic
PHOENIX (AP) — The World Baseball Classic has decided no one will be suspended from the nasty brawl between Canada and Mexico. The organizers said in a statement Sunday that while the mayhem “runs...
View ArticleChicago Priest Crosses Mexican Border Illegally To Highlight Immigration Reform
Priest Seeks To Spark Immigration Debate CHICAGO (CBS) — A week before Chicago is likely to see major May Day immigration rights protests, a local priest entered the country illegally to spark a...
View ArticleChicago Group Sending 700 Computers To Kids In Latin America
CHICAGO (CBS) — A non-profit organization has begun shipping 700 computers to needy students in Mexico and the Dominican Republic Trucks will be loaded Friday morning and afternoon at the Mount...
View ArticleThousands Turn Out For Mexican Independence Day Parade
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago’s Mexican American community turned out by the thousands today, to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. The parade started with both the American and Mexican national anthems,...
View ArticleMexican Immigrant Fighting Deportation, Fears He’ll Be Killed By Drug Cartels
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 42-year-old undocumented Chicago resident is asking an immigration judge to allow him to stay here, claiming he’ll be killed by drug traffickers if he’s sent back to Mexico. WBBM...
View ArticleEmanuel Set For Mexico City Visit To Establish Sister City Partnership
MEXICO CITY (CBS) — Rahm Emanuel is making his first international visit as mayor to Mexico City. The two-day mission inaugurates a sister city partnership, building on the strength of the ethnic and...
View ArticleActivist Immigrant Who Took Refuge In Chicago Church Returns To U.S.
(CBS) — A Mexican immigrant who made international headlines seven years ago for living in a Chicago church while fighting to stay in the U.S. with her son before she was deported has returned from...
View ArticleUS Embassy Issues Travel Warning For Mexico’s Playa Del Carmen
CHICAGO (CBS) — The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has issued a new travel warning for Playa del Carmen, where an explosion on a tourist ferry injured 26 people last month. The embassy says in an alert posted...
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Feds Detail Evidence Against Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors say their evidence against notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman includes killings, torture, kidnappings, prison breaks and even an attempt to smuggle...
View ArticleFeds Start Processing Central American Asylum-Seekers In ‘Caravan’
TIJUANA, Mexico (CBS) — U.S. border inspectors have allowed some Central American asylum-seekers to enter the country for processing, ending a brief impasse over lack of space. Eight people started the...
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Trump Hits Allies With Metal Tariffs; Mexico, EU And Canada Vow To Retaliate
Jeremy Diamond and Julia Horowitz (CNN Money) — President Trump is imposing steep tariffs on steel and aluminum from three of America’s biggest trading partners — Canada, Mexico and the European Union....
View ArticleCanada, Mexico, EU Retaliate Against U.S. Steel And Aluminum Tariffs
(CBS) — Key U.S. economic allies are firing back with retaliatory trade measures in response to the Trump administration’s move to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. Canada’s...
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Mexico Imposes Tariffs On $3 Billion Worth Of U.S. Exports
Chris Isidore (CNN Money) — The U.S. trade dispute with Mexico is heating up. In retaliation for the Trump administration announcing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Mexico and much of the...
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Texas Teen Reunites With Deported Dad At U.S.-Mexico Border Before Graduation
(CBS) — Leslie Sliva knew her father could not attend her high school graduation on Sunday. The El Paso, Texas, teen says her dad has missed many milestones in her life, but she was determined to make...
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