BOGOTA, Colombia—The discovery in recent days of small footprints in a southern jungle-covered part of Colombia has rekindled hope of finding alive four children who survived a small plane crash and went missing a month ago. Searchers found footprints Tuesday about 2 miles ( 3.2 kilometers) northwest of where the plane crashed May 1 with…
New Footprints Revive Hope in Colombia of Finding Four Children Missing in Jungle
Private Flight With 2 Saudi Astronauts Returns From Space Station With Gulf of Mexico Splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A private flight carrying two Saudi astronauts and other passengers returned to Earth late Tuesday night after a nine-day trip to the International Space Station. The SpaceX capsule carrying the four parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida panhandle, 12 hours after undocking from the orbiting lab. The Saudi government…
Teenager Charged With 19 Murders in Guyana School Dormitory Fire
GEORGETOWN—A 15-year-old girl who is accused of having started a fire at a school dormitory in Guyana last week was charged with 19 murders on Monday. The fire killed 18 mostly Indigenous girls and one five-year-old boy in the building in the central city of Mahdia. The girl started the fire after her phone was…
Police in Northern Peru Port Seize Cocaine Packets With Nazi Flag Printed on the Outside
LIMA, Peru—Peruvian anti-drug police seized 58 one-kilo packages of cocaine Thursday bearing a picture of a Nazi flag on the outside and the name Hitler printed in low relief. The discovery occurred in the port of Paita, on Peru’s northern Pacific coast close to its border with Ecuador. The drugs were hidden inside a shipping…
Mexican Officials Find 175 Migrants in Truck Near Southern Border
MEXICO CITY—Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern state of Chiapas, the National Migration Institute (INM) said on Friday, in the latest mass human smuggling incident to be detected in the country. Immigration agents heard yells and banging coming from inside the vehicle when it was…
Paraguay Is Open to Trade With China Without Cutting Taiwan Ties: President
Paraguay’s outgoing President Mario Abdo Benitez said on May 24 that his nation is open to trade with any country, including China, but will not bow to Chinese pressure to cut off Taiwan. At the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Benitez hinted that China had refused to do business with the South American nation due…
Strong Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake Strikes in Caribbean Just Off Border Between Panama and Colombia
PANAMA CITY—A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck Wednesday night in the Caribbean Sea just off the Panama-Colombia border, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was no immediate word on whether were any injuries or damage in the nearby areas, which are not densely populated. The USGS said the quake was centered…
Volcano Rumbles Near Mexico City, Coating Towns With Ash, Disrupting Flights
MEXICO CITY—Towering a couple of hours from one of the world’s largest cities, the Popocatepetl volcano has been coating nearby towns with ash and disrupting flights at Mexico City’s airport, the busiest in Latin America. Hundreds of explosions have spit lava from the snow-tipped peak of the 17,797-foot Popocatepetl. Approximately 25 million people live within…
Student Lit Deadly Fire at Guyana School After Phone Confiscated: Police
GEORGETOWN—A fire in a school dormitory in Guyana that killed 19 children was lit by a student after school authorities confiscated her cell phone, police said on Tuesday. The children, mostly Indigenous girls, died around midnight on Monday, most at the scene. “A female student is suspected of having set the devastating fire because her…
‘La Bestia’: The Train of Death
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO—Every year, close to 500,000 Central American migrants trying to reach the U.S.-Mexico border ride a series of cargo trains through Mexico collectively known as “La Bestia,” which translates to “the beast”; it is also known as the “train of death” because so many die riding the rail line. “The risk of the trains…
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