Tag: Mexico

US Border Official: Smugglers’ Message Spreading Wider Than Biden Administration’s

Messaging from human smugglers that the U.S.-Mexico border is open is spreading wider than claims from President Joe Biden’s administration that the border is not open, a top administration official said Tuesday. “The smugglers are agile and quick and word of mouth gets through, and they are exploiting people’s hope and desperation,” Roberta Jacobson said…


‘Biden Promised Us!’: Migrants Swarming US-Mexico Border Claim President Encouraged Them to Come

Migrants who are attempting to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border into the United States claim that President Joe Biden encouraged them to come. “Biden promised us that everything was going to change,” Gladys Oneida Perez Cruz, a woman who traveled to the border with her child, told the New York Times on Sunday. “He hasn’t…


Food and Wine, Not Sun and Sand, in Puerto Vallarta

Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta is admittedly not known for wine. After all, Jalisco, the state surrounding the resort destination first popularized by Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and other Hollywood stars back in the day, is the home of tequila in the same way that champagne only comes from France’s Champagne region. Then there is the lack…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (March 12)

President Joe Biden directed states to make all adults eligible for the vaccine by May. How will the government prepare for such a large increase? Mexico’s president says Biden’s policies on immigration are helping cartels grow. And a counter-terrorism expert doubles down on urging the U.S. to label cartels as terrorist organizations. A member of…


Video: How Drug Cartels Prey on Migrants—Jaeson Jones

Near the southern border, highly militarized cartels in Mexico vie for control and charge thousands of dollars per migrant. They’ve exploited corruption and essentially become a “parallel government” in border areas, says retired Texas Department of Public Safety Captain Jaeson Jones. “People to them are a commodity,” he says. In this episode, Jones breaks down…


US Returns 280 Pre-Hispanic Archaeological Pieces to Mexico

MEXICO CITY—Mexico has received 280 pre-Hispanic archaeological pieces that were in the United States, amid efforts by authorities to recover part of the country’s cultural heritage, the Mexican government said. The pieces are at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Mexico City where they will be studied and cataloged, the government said…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (March 2)

Texas’s governor announces he will fully reopen the state and get rid of mask mandates, President Joe Biden and Mexico’s president hold their first meeting, and bipartisan calls for New York’s Governor to resign are growing.


Biden Meets Virtually With Mexican Leader on Immigration, CCP Virus, Climate Issues

President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador joined in a virtual bilateral meeting on Monday where the two leaders discussed immigration, commitments to combat the CCP virus pandemic, and explored areas of cooperation on climate issues. Lopez Obrador has been Mexico’s president since December 2018, limited to a single six-year term. “The United…


Biden Not Mulling Sharing COVID-19 Vaccines With Mexico: White House

The Biden administration on Monday downplayed the prospect of sharing coronavirus vaccines with Mexico, saying it is focused first on getting its own population protected against a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans. The remarks by White House press secretary Jen Psaki came hours before Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is expected…


Mexico Wants to Participate in Restoring Supply Chain for Chips, Critical Goods in North America

Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a virtual meeting on Friday that Mexico wants to be a supplier of chips and other critical goods for North America. Clouthier said in her remarks before the meeting that Mexico wants to be a part of efforts to restore the supply…