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Laura Gottesdiener

Laura Gottesdiener

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Business|Crime|US

U.S. logistics firm settles claims it helped Chinese companies ship fentanyl chemicals

U.S. shipping and logistics company IMC Pro International has agreed to pay $400,000 to the U.S. government to settle allegations that it helped Chinese chemical

U.S. logistics firm settles claims it helped Chinese companies ship fentanyl chemicals
Americas|Business|Economy|Political|US

Mexican companies hold back U.S.-bound exports, hoping for tariff reversal

The flow of Mexican goods exported to the United States has slowed as companies anxiously hold back stock and wait to see

Mexican companies hold back U.S.-bound exports, hoping for tariff reversal
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World

Mexico sends major drug capos to US as Trump tariff threat looms

Mexico on Thursday handed over major figures in the country's criminal underworld to U.S. authorities, part of a surprise

Mexico sends major drug capos to US as Trump tariff threat looms
Business|Economy|Political|US

Trump closed a loophole for low-cost imports ‒ until all hell broke loose

Days after U.S.

Trump closed a loophole for low-cost imports ‒ until all hell broke loose
Americas|Crime|Health|Political|US

Trump’s foreign aid freeze stops anti-fentanyl work in Mexico

President Donald Trump has vowed to destroy Mexican cartels and end the U.S. fentanyl epidemic, but his sweeping

Trump’s foreign aid freeze stops anti-fentanyl work in Mexico
Americas|Economy|Political|US|World

Mexico builds temporary shelters to prepare for mass deportations from US

Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juarez to prepare for a possible influx

Mexico builds temporary shelters to prepare for mass deportations from US
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World

Tears and shock as Trump dashes dreams of migrants in Mexico scheduled to enter US

Nidia Montenegro fled violence and poverty at home in Venezuela, survived a kidnapping as she traveled north into

Tears and shock as Trump dashes dreams of migrants in Mexico scheduled to enter US
Americas|Business|Economy|News|US

Migrant spike at US-Mexico border slows trade as Washington seeks answers

Railroad companies and business groups are pressing the U.S. government to reopen trade routes on the Texas-Mexico border

Migrant spike at US-Mexico border slows trade as Washington seeks answers
Americas|News

Exclusive-Survivors of mass kidnapping in Mexico recount 'terrifying' experience

Honduran migrant Noel Castillo heard a volley of shots just after 7:30 p.m. in late December as he and his family traveled on a highway in northern

Exclusive-Survivors of mass kidnapping in Mexico recount 'terrifying' experience
Americas|Crime|News

Armed men kidnapped 32 migrants in Mexico for extortion, president says

The armed men who kidnapped 32 migrants in northern Mexico over the weekend aimed to extort money from them and their families in the

Armed men kidnapped 32 migrants in Mexico for extortion, president says
Americas|Election|News

Mexico's Sheinbaum unlikely to repeat mentor's Trump 'bromance'

Claudia Sheinbaum's landslide win gives her an unprecedented mandate in Mexico, but success in handling the country's key ally and

Mexico's Sheinbaum unlikely to repeat mentor's Trump 'bromance'
Crime|Health|US

Families of fentanyl victims ask U.S. for China tariffs over opioid crisis

A group of families whose loved ones died of fentanyl overdoses filed a petition with the office of U.S.

Families of fentanyl victims ask U.S. for China tariffs over opioid crisis
Election|US

Democratic Senator Baldwin urges USTR to take up China tariff petition over fentanyl crisis

Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin on Wednesday urged U.S.

Democratic Senator Baldwin urges USTR to take up China tariff petition over fentanyl crisis
Americas|US|World

Mexican border crackdown takes heat out of Trump’s migrant jibes

At a remote military checkpoint in the Mexican desert some 25 miles (40 km) south of the border

Mexican border crackdown takes heat out of Trump’s migrant jibes
US

U.S. senators urge overhaul of customs program to stop fentanyl chemical smuggling

Prominent U.S.

U.S. senators urge overhaul of customs program to stop fentanyl chemical smuggling
Business|Economy|Political|US|World

Mexican president might avoid Trump's 'day one' tariffs

In late November, U.S.

Mexican president might avoid Trump's 'day one' tariffs

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