As drought persists, Mexican farmers are turning to nopales — the prickly pear cactus, and specifically its edible pads — as ...

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The move means asylum seekers will now be sent to a Mexican state the U.S. government warns Americans travelers not to visit because of widespread ... Tamaulipas, Mexico June 28, 2019. CARLOS ...

The Mexico City-based Institute for Women in Migration, which has tracked kidnappings of migrants and asylum-seekers, documented 212 abductions in Tamaulipas from mid-July through Oct. 15.

Mexican authorities arrest 12 Tamaulipas state police officers in the killing of 19 people whose bodies were found near the U.S. border last month.

The number of murders recorded in Tamaulipas jumped from 682 in 2015 to 807 in 2016 to 1204 in 2017. The state logged 692 murders between January and September of 2018. If the violence continues ...

The state is also a busy route for undocumented migrants hoping to cross into the United States. Last month, Mexican troops on patrol killed 12 gunmen in a clash near the U.S. border in Tamaulipas.

They were escorted by Mexican military Humvees, armored vehicles, state police and National Guard in trucks with mounted .50-caliber machine guns, said Tamaulipas state Attorney General Irving ...

The State Department has six level four “do not travel” warnings for parts of Mexico. Over the weekend, four Americans were kidnapped at gunpoint in Tamaulipas.