Mexico Archives

Border Control helicopters search for undocumented migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

News in Brief

Border Deaths Persist as Government Policies Push Migrants Into Dangerous Crossing Areas

Efforts by the Border Patrol to push migrants away from easy-to-cross, hard-to-police urban corridors and into barren, isolated terrain is contributing to migrant fatalities.

George Joseph

People look at a dead grey whale washed ashore at Maria Martha beach on September 12th, 2017, in the Rosarito, Baja California state of Northwestern Mexico.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A Whale Washes Ashore in Northern Mexico

People look at a dead grey whale washed ashore at Maria Martha beach on September 12th, 2017, in the Rosarito, Baja California state of Northwestern Mexico.

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

Death Toll in Mexico Quake Continues to Rise

The death toll for the magnitude 8.2 earthquake has risen to 35.

Kate Wheeling

Haitian and African migrants seeking asylum in the United States line up outside a Mexican Migration office on October 3rd, 2016, in Tijuana, Mexico.

Social Justice

Canada and Mexico Are Footing the Bill for the U.S.’s Unseen Haitian Refugee Crisis

Canada's Haitian newcomers are victims of a game of North American cross-border political ping-pong.

Massoud Hayoun

News in Brief

Trump Doubles Down on Claim Mexico Will Pay for Border Wall

The remarks came on the tail end of a tense volley between Trump and the Mexican government.

Morgan Baskin

Cat Fight: Inside the Struggle to Save the Latest Migrants Crossing the U.S-Mexico Border

Jaguars are crossing the border into the United States, causing a stir among scientists, mining interests, and those bent on building a wall.

Alan Weisman

News in Brief

Border Agency to Kick Off Building Trump’s Wall Through a National Wildlife Refuge in Texas

Construction on the wall was not expected to begin until January.

T. Christian Miller & Kiah Collier

Journalists demonstrate in demand of justice for slain Mexican journalist Salvador Adame Pardo in Morelia, Mexico, on June 28th, 2017.

Social Justice

Viewfinder: Journalists Demonstrating in Mexico

Journalists demonstrate in demand for justice for slain Mexican journalist Salvador Adame Pardo in Morelia, Mexico, on June 28th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Who Holds the DEA Accountable When Things Go Wrong?

The DEA has been criticized for its role in several high-profile foreign drug operations gone awry.

Ginger Thompson

News in Brief

The Case of Oscar Millan and ICE’s Renewed Focus on Strict Immigration Enforcement

Under the Obama administration, agents had discretion in cases of immigrants with gravely sick children. Under Trump, officers are told to enforce the law "to the greatest extent practicable."

Marcelo Rochabrun