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Okla. governor signs horse slaughter legislation
Oklahoma's 50-year-old ban on horse slaughtering was lifted Friday when the governor signed a new law that will allow facilities to process and export ...
Mexican vigilantes seize town, arrest police
Hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town on a major highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, arresting local police officers ...
Obama will visit Mexico, Costa Rica in May
The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Mexico and Costa Rica the first week in May. Obama talked by phone on Wednesday with ...
Americans tie Mexico 0-0 in World Cup qualifying
The Americans were clinging to a scoreless tie, seconds away from earning a rare point in Mexico, when Angel Reyna's shot darted perilously close to ...
Americans tie Mexico 0-0 in WCup qualifying
Brad Guzan swatted away shot after shot and the Americans hung on for a 0-0 draw with Mexico on Tuesday night, earning only their second point in a ...
Drug war death tolls a guess without bodies
Heavy gunfire echoed along the main thoroughfare and across several neighborhoods in a firefight that lasted for hours, leaving perforated and burned ...
FIFA upholds US win over Costa Rica
FIFA has upheld the United States' 1-0 win over Costa Rica in a snowy World Cup qualifier last week, saying the protest by the visitors was not filed ...
Earthquake shakes Mexico City
Earthquakes shook a broad swath of southern Mexico on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway in the capital and sending thousands fleeing into the streets ...
FIFA gets Costa Rica protest over WCup loss to US
FIFA is studying a protest from the Costa Rica soccer federation, which wants a World Cup qualifier against the United States replayed after losing ...
US aids Honduran police despite death squad fears
The U.S. State Department, which spends millions of taxpayer dollars a year on the Honduran National Police, has assured Congress that money only goes ...
Snow job: Americans beat Costa Rica 1-0 in storm
Soft snow started falling, and then kept getting heavier as the night progressed. From the start of Friday's World Cup qualifier, the lines on the ...
Spain, Portugal held to draws in WCup qualifying
Spain and Portugal were held to draws Friday night that hurt their chances of qualifying automatically for next year's World Cup, while England routed ...
Carlos Slim's company wins Olympic TV rights
Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, secured the Latin American broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics on Friday. The IOC ...
Mexico demands Sotheby's halt auction of artifacts
The Mexican government is demanding that Sotheby's auction house halt the planned sale of 51 pre-Columbian Mexican artifacts, arguing they are ...
Call for justice opens Guatemala ex-leader trial
The first witness in the trial of Guatemala's former U.S.-backed dictator testified Tuesday that soldiers razed his village in 1982, killing dozens ...
Mexico's president gathers power, pushes reform
New President Enrique Pena Nieto has been fast out of the blocks in attacking some of Mexico's toughest issues in a country often stymied by ...
Bocanegra dropped from US roster for qualifiers
The United States heads into World Cup qualifiers against Costa Rica and Mexico with an inexperienced defense after dropping captain Carlos Bocanegra ...
Ex-Guatemala strongman on trial after 30 years
There is no smoking gun in the case files, no direct order from Guatemala's then military dictator to carry out the slaughter of civilians during one ...
13 dead, dozens hurt in Mexico fireworks explosion
A truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in a rural village in central Mexico, killing at least 13 people and injuring ...
Correction: Pope-Latin America story
In a story March 14 about the significance the election of Pope Francis to Latin America, The Associated Press misidentified the president of El ...
Monarch butterflies drop ominously in Mexico
The number of Monarch butterflies making it to their winter refuge in Mexico dropped 59 percent this year, falling to the lowest level since ...
Mexico moves against TV, telephone tycoons
President Enrique Pena Nieto moved Monday to overhaul and strengthen the weak and chaotic regulations that have allowed the world's richest man and ...
No suspensions from Canada-Mexico brawl at Classic
The violent misdeeds of the Mexican and Canadian baseball teams will go unpunished. The World Baseball Classic decided no players will be suspended ...