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A soldier plays an accordion during the performance of a corrido for the media at a military base in Mexico City, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Meet the Mexican soldier trying to revamp a musical genre accused of glorifying cartels
By MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press
Mon,04/07/25-12:07AM , 140 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At a Mexican military base, Captain Eduardo Barrón picks up not a rifle but a microphone. Swaying boot-to-boot, he belts out a song as the sounds of trumpets and accordions roar from a band of a dozen camouflage-clad soldiers.
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A depiction of a smuggler videoing migrants walking through the desert for later posting on social media based on hundreds of TikTok videos reviewed by the AP. (AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

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TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities
By MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press
Mon,03/17/25-12:03AM , 83 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The videos roll through TikTok in 30-second flashes.

Migrants trek in camouflage through dry desert terrain. Dune buggies roar up to the United States-Mexico border barrier. Families with young children pass through gaps in the wall. Helicopters, planes, yachts, tunnels and Jet Skis stand by for potential customers.
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Migrants from Haiti stand in line outside the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid (COMAR) government office to apply for asylum in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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With doors closed to the US, asylum-seekers turn to their Plan B: A new life in Mexico
By MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press
Wed,02/12/25-11:13PM , 77 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — When Angelica Delgado took a one-way flight to Mexico as she fled Cuba in December, she was set on seeking asylum in the United States.

But after President Donald Trump effectively slammed the door on asylum-seekers crossing the U.S. border when he took office last month, the 23-year-old recalibrated her plans.
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As soon as the sun rises over miles of border fence dividing the United States and Mexico, Ciudad Juárez roars to life. Engines of cargo trucks packed with goods rumble over border bridges and bleary-eyed workers file into the spanning districts of American-owned factories. (AP video shot by Fernanda Pesce)

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Mexican border cities are in limbo as tariff threats spark fears of a recession
By MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press
Wed,02/05/25-11:13PM , 92 Reads
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — As soon as the sun glints over miles of border fence dividing the United States and Mexico, the engines of cargo trucks packed with auto and computer parts roar to life along border bridges and bleary-eyed workers file into factories to assemble a multitude of products geared toward the U.S. market.
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