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Mexico says drug lord taken down by accident
Mexico's navy said Wednesday that its personnel had no idea they had killed the leader of the country's most-feared drug cartel until after his body ...
Magnitude-5.3 earthquake hits Costa Rica
Seismologists say a magnitude-5.3 earthquake has shaken Costa Rica. There are no immediate reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the ...
Donovan ruled out of World Cup qualifiers
Landon Donovan will not play for the U.S. national team in a pair of upcoming World Cup qualifying matches because of an injured left knee, adding to ...
Presidential campaigns target new citizen voters
From Florida to Virginia, Massachusetts to California, candidates and political parties seeking to squeeze every vote from a divided electorate are ...
Jozy Altidore off US roster for WCup qualifiers
Jozy Altidore was dropped Monday from the U.S. roster for a pair of critical World Cup qualifiers after disappointing U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann in ...
FBI: Strong signs border death was friendly fire
Friendly fire likely was to blame in a shooting near the Arizona-Mexico line that killed one federal agent and wounded another, the FBI said, noting ...
Correction: Guatemala-Protest story
In a story Oct. 5 about protests in Guatemala, The Associated Press erroneously mentioned the president's family name as Molina on second reference.
FBI: Friendly fire likely in border shootings
A preliminary investigation has found friendly fire likely was to blame in a shooting that killed one federal agent and wounded another along the ...
Texas test scandal ex-school chief gets 3.5 years
A federal judge sentenced the former superintendent of El Paso Independent School District to more than three years in prison Friday for his ...
Mexico finds 50 skulls in sacred Aztec temple
Mexican archaeologists said Friday they uncovered the largest number of skulls ever found in one offering at the most sacred temple of the Aztec ...
Mexico: Mayan ball court was celestial 'marker'
Mexican archaeologists say they have determined that the ancient Mayas built watchtower-style structures atop the ceremonial ball court at the temples ...
Mexico announces big Gulf deep water oil find
Mexico's state-owned oil company reports it has found possible reserves of as much as 125 million barrels of oil at a deep-water well in the Gulf of ...
Archaeologists find likely queen tomb in Guatemala
The discovery of a tomb that experts believe might be that of a great Maya queen could redefine the understanding of women's political roles during ...
Mexico holds 2 in connection with border shooting
Federal police have arrested two men who may be connected with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent just north of the Mexico-Arizona ...
Mexico deploys forces in death of politician's son
The Mexican government dispatched troops, federal police and criminal investigators to a violence-torn state on the U.S. border on Thursday after the ...
Frida Kahlo, her real look, on display in Mexico
The women on the cocktail circuit of the late 1930s were all curve-hugging dresses and gelled curls. Not Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo.
Border Patrol agent shot, killed on duty in Ariz.
Investigators were scouring a rugged area near the U.S.-Mexico line looking for evidence in the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent. Nicholas Ivie ...
US begins flying home deported Mexicans
The U.S. government began flying Mexican deportees home on Tuesday in a two-month experiment aimed at relieving Mexican border cities overwhelmed by ...
AP Exclusive: US car was targeted in Mexico ambush
A senior U.S. official says there is strong circumstantial evidence that Mexican federal police who fired on a U.S. Embassy vehicle, wounding two CIA ...
School district rebuilds after fraudulent testing
During his sophomore year, Jose Avalos was urged by a principal to drop out of high school. The next year, his brother was told to do the same after ...
Free coffins: political swag for Honduran poor
In some countries political campaigns give out bumper stickers and yard signs. In others, they offer free lunches and supermarket debit cards.
Azerbaijan defends Mexico monument to ex-leader
The Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan is defending a multimillion-dollar renovation of Mexican parks and a monument to late president Geidar Aliyev that ...
NASCAR Mexico Series to race at Phoenix in 2013
The most popular motorsports series in Mexico will make its U.S. debut next season at Phoenix International Raceway. The NASCAR Toyota Series will run ...
Crime at the US-Mexico border goes corporate
When a regional manager for the Mexican Gulf cartel moved his operation to a more lucrative territory on the border, he took along not only his ...