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May
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Tractor trailer crash in Mexico kills 26

Tractor trailer crash in Mexico kills 26

WORLD
A tractor trailer and a van crashed on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, killing 26 people, local authorities said. The two vehicles crashed about half an hour outside of the state capital Ciudad Victoria and then caught on fire, the Tamaulipas' public security ministry said. Once authorities arrived at the site of the crash, they found the truck carrying the trailer was no longer at the scene. A source at the Tamaulipas prosecutors' office said investigators were unsure whether the driver of the truck had fled or if he was also killed in the crash. The…
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May
13
2023
By The African Mirror
U.S. border city calm as Title 42 lifts and asylum restrictions take effect

U.S. border city calm as Title 42 lifts and asylum restrictions take effect

WORLD
DAINA BETH SOLOMON and JULIO-CESAR CHAVEZ THE United States ended a COVID-19 border restriction that had blocked many migrants at the border with Mexico, immediately replacing the order known as Title 42 with a sweeping new asylum regulation meant to deter illegal crossings. Several last-minute court actions added confusion to how President Joe Biden's reworked border policies will play out, with advocates filing a legal challenge to the new asylum restrictions as they took effect. In El Paso, Texas, hundreds of migrants slept outside on American soil in front of the border fence as the sun rose on Friday morning.…
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Jan
22
2023
By The African Mirror
In Mexico, a reporter published a story. The next day he was shot dead

In Mexico, a reporter published a story. The next day he was shot dead

WORLD
SARAH KINOSIAN JUST after sunset on Thursday, February 10th, two men in a white Dodge Ram pickup pulled up in front of Heber Lopez Vasquez's small radio studio in southern Mexico. One man got out, walked inside and shot the 42-year-old journalist dead. Lopez's 12-year-old son Oscar, the only person with him, hid, Lopez's brother told Reuters. Lopez was one of 13 Mexican journalists killed in 2022, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York-based rights group. It was the deadliest year on record for journalists in Mexico, now the most dangerous country for reporters in the…
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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Biden’s immigration changes too late for grandfather deported on Inauguration Day

Biden’s immigration changes too late for grandfather deported on Inauguration Day

WORLD
MICA ROSENBERG, KRISTINA COOKE and JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ AS U.S. President Joe Biden took the oath of office last Wednesday, Felipe Ortega sat in a van handcuffed and chained at the waist and feet, headed toward Mexico and the end of his 30-year life in the United States. A day earlier, the 58-year-old grandfather of eight U.S. citizens was on his way to work when immigration agents surrounded his car in Midland, Texas, just blocks from his home. They told Ortega he had an outstanding deportation order from 15 years ago. After one sleepless night in jail and a long…
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Nov
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Mexico demands answers over use of indigenous designs

Mexico demands answers over use of indigenous designs

BEAUTY AND FASHION
MEXICO’S culture ministry has questioned French fashion designer Isabel Marant's use of patterns from indigenous Mexican communities, marking the government's latest complaint over high-fashion brands appropriating local styles. Culture Minister Alejandra Frausto. Photo: Tania Victoria According to the ministry, Marant's latest collection, including a long cape with stripes and starburst designs in gray and brown hues, includes elements from the Purepecha people of Mexico's Michoacan state. "I ask you, Ms Isabel Marant, to publicly explain on what grounds you privatize a collective property ... and how its use benefits the creator communities," Culture Minister Alejandra Frausto said in a letter…
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Aug
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Family, Mexican lawmakers call for trafficking probe of megachurch

Family, Mexican lawmakers call for trafficking probe of megachurch

RELIGION
CHRISTINE MURRAY THE Mexican government came under criticism from opposition lawmakers and a victim's family who said officials have not responded to their complaints of human trafficking against the Light of the World megachurch. The leader of the church is being held in U.S. custody on rape, human trafficking and child pornography charges, but a report filed with Mexican authorities in July 2019 has not progressed, they said. Sochil Martin, who complained to Mexican prosecutors and earlier this year filed a U.S. civil suit, has claimed she was abused for 22 years as she grew up in the church. She…
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