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Battered survivors tell of Mexico truck crash that killed dozens

Survivors of the crash recounted from their hospital beds how their location inside the trailer determined who lived and who died.

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Dozens killed after lorry packed with migrants crashes into bridge

It is one of the worst single-day death tolls for migrants in Mexico since the 2010 massacre of 72 migrants by the Zetas drug cartel in the northern state of Tamaulipas.

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Dramatic breakout as gang rams vehicles into prison in Mexico

The incident is one of the most dramatic breakouts the country has seen in recent years.

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Mexico's iconic Los Angeles dance hall reopens

Mexico City's iconic Los Angeles dance hall reopens after the easing of Covid-19 related restrictions. Revellers return to the dancefloor to the sound of mambo.

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Meet the 11-year-old Mexican schoolboy tattooing the people of Peubla

He's only 11 years old, but the Brandon Burgos – whose father allows him to tattoo on the condition he gets good grades at school – already has around 30 creations to his name.

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Mexico, Peru ans Haiti Day of Dead

Mexico, Peru ans Haiti welcome back Day of the Dead tourism

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Mexico City comes back to life with Day of the Dead parade

In Mexico City, thousands of locals and tourists attend the Día de los Muertos parade which was cancelled last year.

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Massive Day of the Dead commemorations in Mexico

The streets of downtown Mexico City turned into a festival on Sunday as thousands of people, many in costume, watched the Day of the Dead parade, an event that was suspended last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Day of the Dead preps ramp up at market place

Just a few days away from the beginning of the annual Day of the Dead celebrations, Mexico City residents are out looking for sugar skulls, candy and paper decorations to decorate the burial places of their departed relatives.

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Mexico City prepares for Day of the Dead parade

Preparations for the Day of the Dead parade are underway in Mexico City, after it was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2,000 migrants continue walk through southern Mexico

A group of about 2,000 mainly Central American migrants continued their mass exodus from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula Sunday, reaching a town about 16 miles away.

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Statue swap in Mexico City as indigenous woman replaces Colombus

It comes as Mexico moves to erase symbols of the Spanish colonial era.

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Migrants crossing Rio Grande to US border from Mexico

Migrants, many of them Haitian, crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico, heading towards the US border city of Del Rio, as Texas State Troopers watch on.

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Mexico celebrates national Charro day amid Covid-19 restrictions

The festivity usually fills the streets with a colourful parade, but was limited for a second consecutive year to the arena of the Jalisco Charros Association as it had to adapt to Covid-19 restrictions.

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US abortion rights activists protest outside Justice Kavanaugh's house

Dozens of protesters in favour of abortion rights gather outside the house of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to protest his decision, along with four other justices, not to stop Texas' abortion ban

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80 homes evacuated after Mexico landslide

A section of mountain on the outskirts of Mexico City gave way, plunging rocks the size of small homes onto a densely populated neighbourhood.

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A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night

A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night

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Mexican Supreme Court decriminalises abortion in 'historic ruling'

The decision annulled parts of the penal code in Coahuila, a northern Mexican state bordering Texas.

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Strong earthquake hits near Acapulco, buildings sway in capital city

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Acapulco, Mexico on Tuesday night, causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City more than 300 km away.

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Mexico's National Guard detain Haitian migrants as they walked through the southern state of Chiapas

Dozens of migrants on Thursday were detained by officers of Mexico's migration authorities and the national guard, as they walked through the southern state of Chiapas on their way to the United States