Mexico's president says 10,000 migrants a day head to US border; he blames US sanctions on Cuba
Read full article: Mexico's president says 10,000 migrants a day head to US border; he blames US sanctions on CubaMexico’s president says that about 10,000 migrants per day are heading to the U.S. border, and he blames U.S. economic sanctions on countries like Cuba and Venezuela for the influx.
Migrants hoping to reach US continue north through Mexico by train amid historic migration levels
Read full article: Migrants hoping to reach US continue north through Mexico by train amid historic migration levelsA group of about 5,000 mostly Venezuelan migrants hoping to make it to the U.S. spent three days in the Mexican town of Irapuato waiting for a train that many in the group worried would never come.
24 shot to death in attack on drug rehab center in Mexico
Read full article: 24 shot to death in attack on drug rehab center in MexicoMEXICO CITY Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. Apparently the attackers shot everyone at the rehab center. Diego Sinhue Rodrguez Vallejo said drug gangs appeared to have been involved. It was one of the deadliest attacks on a rehab center since 19 people were killed in 2010 in Chihuahua city in northern Mexico. Mexico has long had problems with rehab centers because most are privately run, underfunded and often commit abuses against recovering addicts.
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Death toll rises to 26 in Mexican drug rehab center attack
Read full article: Death toll rises to 26 in Mexican drug rehab center attackGunmen burst into the drug rehabilitation center and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. Police in Guanajuato state said Wednesday's attack occurred at a modest two-story house on the outskirts of Irapuato. Apparently the attackers shot every male at the rehab center, letting only the females go. No motive was given in the rehab center attack, but Gov. It was one of the deadliest attacks on a rehab center since 19 people were killed in 2010 in Chihuahua city in northern Mexico.