Latin America

U.S. officials say they're poised to deal a 'crushing blow' to fentanyl traffickers

7:21am April 21, 2023

The officials say the U.S. has infiltrated the Sinaloa cartel, but the effort has sparked a backlash in Mexico. Some experts are skeptical fentanyl smuggling can be slowed.

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Health & Safety

Morning news brief

5:57am April 21, 2023

The Supreme Court is deciding whether to allow an abortion pill to remain available. The Pentagon may evacuate U.S. citizens from Sudan. U.S. officials say they've infiltrated the Sinaloa cartel.

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The Mexican Navy searched for three Americans who went missing along with their sailboat off Mexico's northern Pacific coast. Kerry O'Brien, Frank O'Brien and William Gross were aboard the boat and have not been heard from since April 4, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

A massive search for 3 missing American sailors off Mexico coast has been called off

3:08pm April 20, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

After scouring roughly 200,000 square miles with no sign of the three and their sailboat, the Mexican navy and U.S. Coast Guard have suspended the search. They've been missing for more than two weeks.

An app is the latest tool, and barrier, for migrants at the southern U.S. border

5:07am April 19, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

The Biden administration has an app specifically for asylum-seekers and other migrants without valid visas. But it often stands between migrants and crossing the border from Mexico to the U.S.

Russia's foreign minister visits Brazil on a swing through Latin America

5:03am April 17, 2023

Brazil is offering to be a peacemaker between Russia and Ukraine as Russia's foreign minister pays a visit to Brazil's capital Brasilia.

The three American sailors were expected to stop in Cabo San Lucas in Mexico's Baja California before returning to the United States.

U.S. Coast Guard and Mexican navy are searching for 3 missing American sailors

1:13pm April 15, 2023

by Juliana Kim

The U.S. Coast Guard said three sailors identified as Kerry O'Brien, Frank O'Brien and William Gross were last heard from on April 4. They were aboard a 44-foot boat due to stop in Cabo San Lucas.

Los Angeles band La Santa Cecilia is celebrating 15 years together. They recently traveled to an estate in Baja California to record a new album with friends.

La Santa Cecilia celebrates its quinceañera with a new album

7:00am April 15, 2023

by Betto Arcos

Many of the songs on Cuatro Copas, Bohemia en la Finca Altozano are part the group's personal history, growing up in downtown LA, surrounded by Mexican musicians who taught them how to sing and play.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the Justice Department charged several leaders of the Sinaloa cartel, a transnational drug trafficking organization based in Sinaloa, Mexico, and several of its facilitators across the world.

U.S. charges El Chapo's sons and other Sinaloa cartel members in fentanyl trafficking

3:17pm April 14, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Members of the Mexican cartel are facing several charges involving fentanyl trafficking, weapons and money laundering in New York, Illinois and Washington, D.C.

There will be no federal charges in Shanquella Robinson's death, the DOJ says

10:12am April 13, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Shanquella Robinson, 25, of Charlotte, N.C., was killed last October while vacationing in Mexico with friends.

World News

Brazil's President Lula travels to China to find support to help end war in Ukraine

5:39am April 13, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in China looking for support from Beijing for Brasilia's "peace club" of countries planning to help end the war in Ukraine.