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EL PASO, Texas - A Mexican journalist who said he fled across the border with his teenage son in 2008 after receiving daily death threats while covering the country's bloody drug war was scheduled Friday to finally plead his case for U.S. asylum before a ...

Authorities in Mexico are being urged to investigate the kidnapping of some 40 migrants who have been missing for nearly a month. 40 Migrants workers missing The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says the migrants mostly from El Salvador ...

UN calls for Mexico probe into migrant train abductions Ms Pillay said there should be a "thorough and transparent investigation" The UN human rights chief has urged Mexico to investigate the possible involvement of officials in the abduction of about 40 ...

After a priest who runs a shelter for immigrants first reported the December 16 attack in the central state of Oaxaca, the Mexican government initially said there was no evidence to suggest an abduction. But earlier this month, the country's Attorney ...

01/19/2011 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // Sandra Quinlan // Justice News FlashEl Paso, TXThe family of a 15-year-old Mexican boy who was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. government, alleging ...

Canada has granted more than two million Canadian dollars (about 1.99 million U.S. dollars) to develop a national assessment process for foreign-trained occupational therapists to help them find jobs in their field. The funds, which have been earmarked ...

WASHINGTON - At a recent meeting of conservative leaders in Miami to discuss how they must appeal to Hispanic voters for the 2012 election, former Florida governor Jeb Bush spoke of softening the tone some have used against Hispanics. He pointed to the ...

The UN human rights chief called on Mexican authorites Friday to launch a probe into whether police and migration officials were accomplices in the mass abduction of about 40 migrants in December. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, ...

The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging Mexico to investigate possible abuses and complicity by officials in kidnappings and extortion involving 40 Central American migrants in mid-December. Navi Pillay says 40 migrants were "abducted in highly ...

Published on January 21st, 2011 Topics : U.N. , Mexico , GENEVA , Oaxaca GENEVA - The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging Mexico to investigate possible abuses and complicity by officials in kidnappings and extortion involving 40 Central American ...