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Mexico's independent National Human Rights Commission said Wednesday that it has begun to track the use of Western Union money transfers to pay ransoms for migrants abducted in this county en route to the United States. "We are documenting all these ...

Though the number of immigrants trying to illegally cross into the United States has gone down, one number that has risen is the amount of children trying to make the trek. According to , about 3,000 jouveniles were repatriated to Mexico from Nogales ...

Border Patrol surveillance video operators Friday morning spotted a group of more than 100 people walking just north of the Mexico border about 15 miles west of Lukeville, Ariz., Agent Eric Cantu said. When agents responded, Cantu said they were able to ...

SALT LAKE CITY ? A former U.S. attorney for Utah is among those urging the state to hold off on enacting laws on illegal immigration until the federal government tackles the issue. Brett Tolman stood with Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake, Hispanic community ...

*Jamaicans and other places in the Caribbean are intolerant of those who live an alternative lifestyle. Homosexuality is not tolerated in any form and many have been beaten and killed for living an openly gay lifestyle or even thought to be ...

An anti-illegal-immigration activist was sentenced to death on Tuesday for masterminding a home-invasion slay of a father and his 9-year-old daughter in Arizona. Shawna Forde, 43, who heads the border watchdog group Minutemen American Defense, will be ...

PHOENIX -- A jury convicted an Iraqi immigrant of second-degree murder yesterday for running over and killing his daughter in a case prosecutors called an honor killing. Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 50, also was convicted of aggravated assault for injuries ...

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said today he feared an immigrant exodus on a biblical scale if Moamer Kadhafi is ousted, predicting up to 300,000 Libyans could try to flee their country. Italy is already grappling with a mass influx of ...

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Most of the victims were Central Americans trying to reach the US. Many were snatched by criminal gangs, either to extort money from their families or in some cases to force them to work for the drug cartels. The plight of migrants was highlighted last ...

An anti-illegal-immigration activist was sentenced to death on Tuesday for masterminding a home-invasion slay of a father and his 9-year-old daughter in Arizona. Shawna Forde, 43, who heads the border watchdog group Minutemen American Defense, will be ...

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Mexico City, Feb 23 (EFE).- At least 11,333 migrants, the majority of them from Central America, were kidnapped in Mexico between April and September 2010, the National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, said. "Government efforts to reduce the rate of ...

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Lahore, Feb 23: The Pakistan government has reportedly decided to review its visa policy for US officials and diplomats, and withdraw special powers granted to the country's Ambassador in Washington, Hussain Haqqani, following the sticky Raymond Davis ...

More than 11,000 migrants abducted in Mexico Many migrants jump on freight trains in a bid to reach the US border More than 11,000 migrants were abducted in Mexico over a six-month period last year, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says. Most of ...

South Korea and the United States plan to hold drills this year on islands near a disputed western sea border between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), local media reported Tuesday citing an unspecified military source. ...

More than 11,000 migrants were abducted in Mexico over a six-month period last year, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says. Most of the victims were Central Americans trying to reach the US. Many were snatched by criminal gangs, either to extort ...