Mexico City
43 students from a rural Mexican college disappeared 7 years ago. This deep dive delves into what happened to them.
The World’s Carol Hills speaks with the project’s lead producer Anayansi Diaz-Cortes and human rights investigator Kate Doyle from the National Security Archive about an investigation into the disappearance seven years ago of 43 students from a rural Mexican college.
Mexican crooner converts heartbreak into joy — and music
At 24, Silvana Estrada has already established herself as one of Mexico’s most promising singer-songwriters. Her debut album, “Marchita,” or “Withered,” tells the story of how she learned to take care of herself after her first big heartbreak — and find joy in everyday life.
Thousands of migrants heading north to the US-Mexico border face a ‘collapsed’ asylum system, advocates say
About 3,000 migrants — men, women and children — left the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Saturday hoping to reach Mexico City and ask for asylum. Others will continue to the US-Mexico border. But the asylum system in Mexico isn’t fully working as it should.
Mexico metro overpass collapses, killing 23 and injuring dozens
Top of The World: A section of a subway overpass of the Mexico City metro collapsed late Monday night, sending two cars of a passenger train onto traffic. And, US President Joe Biden signed an emergency presidential determination formally raising the country’s cap on refugee admissions from 15,000 to 62,500 this year. Also, COVAX is getting a boost from US biotechnology company Moderna.