4 officers wounded in shootout with alleged cartel gunmen
A total of 150 officers, soldiers and three helicopters participated in the operation, the police chief said.
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A total of 150 officers, soldiers and three helicopters participated in the operation, the police chief said.
President Biden sat down with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House to discuss a host of issues, including immigration and the economy. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini breaks down what they spoke about and previews Mr. Biden’s upcoming trip to the Middle East.
President Joe Biden holds talks with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House before traveling to the Middle East to meet with several leaders from the region. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joined Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss Mr. Biden's agenda.
Cartel members allegedly fired hundreds of rounds of ammunition into vehicles and then set them on fire.
It's unclear if the bodies were intentionally dumped in the area so they would disappear more quickly.
"This monumental seizure represents another win against drug cartels that fuel addiction in the United States," a DEA official said.
The Justice Department has launched an investigation into a Texas border security initiative following allegations of civil rights violations. Perla Trevizo, a reporter for the ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigative unit, joined CBS News' Jamie Yuccas to discuss her reporting on this issue.
A bear in Mexico fell from a 49-foot-tall tree he was stuck in after officials used a tranquilizer to help him down.
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"Some of their tails are missing, they had been eaten. Others lack an eye, an ear," one expert said.
Questions about the security strategy of Mexico's president have mounted since two Jesuit priests were murdered last month.
Three women and four men, including a minor, were shot at their home in the eastern state of Veracruz, officials said.
Cinthya de la Cruz Martínez, 23, was with her father in the vehicle and was also shot.
The killings were the second act of grisly violence in a month in the region.
Parents are re-reading last messages, swiping through photos, waiting for a phone call and praying.
Antonio De la Cruz was shot dead and his daughter was critically wounded in the attack.
The Supreme Court issued two more rulings on the last day of its term: limiting the EPA’s authority on regulating greenhouse gas emissions, and saying that the Biden administration can end the “remain in Mexico” rule. Evan Caminker, former dean of the University of Michigan Law School, joins CBS News to discuss.
Four people died and three were critically injured after a vehicle carrying migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border crashed into a parked tractor-trailer in Encinal, Texas. It comes days after 53 migrants died from being trapped inside a hot tractor-trailer in San Antonio. Omar Villafranca reports.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Biden administration didn't break the law when it ended the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" immigration policy, which requires migrants to leave the U.S. while their asylum cases are pending. CBS News reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers about how this case will affect U.S. immigration policy.
He is the 12th journalist killed this year in the country.
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Pre-Hispanic ceremonies had been outlawed, but researchers found evidence the children were buried with Aztec style grave goods.
A “48 Hours” report helps trip up a wanted fugitive who spent more than four-and-a-half years on the run for allegedly killing his wife and staging a kidnapping. Correspondent Tracy Smith reports.
The officers were attacked by a presumed drug gang equipped with 10 homemade armored cars and heavy weaponry, authorities said.
The crater of the 17,797-foot tall volcano has been belching toxic fumes and ash persistently for almost 30 years.