| 单词 | Matamoros |
| 例句 | He was reminded of the image of Santiago Matamoros, mounted on his white horse, with the infidels beneath his hooves. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As a child in church, he had always looked at the image of Saint Santiago Matamoros on his white horse, his sword unsheathed, and figures such as these kneeling at his feet. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Among them is a painted wood relief by an unknown Mexican artist on the standard Spanish theme of “Santiago Matamoros” — “St. James the Moor Killer.” With Splendor and Saints, Hispanic Society Shows Its Treasures 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Matamoros taunted him to release it, but Mr. Cole never did. The Flea Circus 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z He began painting the characters with crooked teeth and popped-out eyes in the aftermath of a 2004 shootout between soldiers and gunmen in Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. Mexican artists confront violence with song, brush 2011-07-01T17:51:09Z Particularly wonderful for Mr. Ewers was Ms. Matamoros’s love of football: Implicit in his wish for a partner who shared his interests was an appreciation for his favorite sport. Bonding Over Faith and Football 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Oliver's gang served a network that the Zetas from Matamoros needed to bring to heel, but his faction fought its ground. Amexica: on the frontline of the Mexican drugs trade 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z Not even the bus companies, even though the unclaimed baggage of the dead was piling up at the terminus in Matamoros. Mexico: How arrest of the last don heralds ruthless new drugs era 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The other dealer, Kelly Cole, who owns a store on La Brea in West Hollywood, had long said that Mr. Matamoros was a shoplifter and claimed he had a video to prove it. The Flea Circus 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z He was turned over to Mexican authorities in the town of Matamoros. Feds deport man accused of killing over dance 2011-09-07T17:04:00Z Off in the distance, Mr. Matamoros was complaining about the cost of his shirts. The Flea Circus 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Which is another way of saying that what happens on the Matamoros side of the river, good or bad, tends to wash ashore on the Brownsville side. How Crossing the Bridge to Matamoros Got Complicated 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Part of what’s always made Brownsville an attractive destination is its proximity to Matamoros and South Padre Island, only 30 minutes away. How Crossing the Bridge to Matamoros Got Complicated 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Ronald Rael observes in the opening of the documentary film “Borderlands,” which looks at communities in San Diego and Tijuana, Brownsville and Matamoros, and El Paso and Juárez. Border-Town Life Defies the Wall in “Borderlands” 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z “He won my heart and now we can be together round the clock,” Ms. Matamoros said. Bonding Over Faith and Football 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Matamoros’s prayer was the result of a promise she made to herself when Mr. Matamoros died after 31 years of marriage. Bonding Over Faith and Football 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Less than two weeks from now, Feb. 22 to 24, Brownsville will celebrate Charro Days, a festival with parades, dances, concerts, regional food and costumes, all celebrating its cultural ties to Matamoros. How Crossing the Bridge to Matamoros Got Complicated 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Added Ms. Matamoros, “I was honest with my daughter. I told her, ‘We don’t know how much time we have left. Bonding Over Faith and Football 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z But within a month, their relationship turned romantic, leading Ms. Matamoros to reconsider her vow to steer clear of men. Bonding Over Faith and Football 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “I said if he called me a thief again, bad things would happen,” Mr. Matamoros said. The Flea Circus 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z We forget Matamoros was here 70 years before there was a border, before there was a Brownsville. How Crossing the Bridge to Matamoros Got Complicated 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z “It just seemed so condescending,” Mr. Matamoros said afterward. The Flea Circus 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z In southeast Spain, there is a village of 400 residents whose name Valle de Matamoros means Valley of Moor Killing. Spanish hamlet 'Kill Jews Fort' to vote on name change 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Ibarra’s routine, meanwhile, straddles the cities of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico. Border-Town Life Defies the Wall in “Borderlands” 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Ms. Matamoros, a former hospitality agent for a hotel chain who later became a baker, was surprised to see her new acquaintance at her doorstep. Bonding Over Faith and Football 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z It was late afternoon and once she crossed over she still needed to grab a bus to the other side of Matamoros and then walk the rest of the way home. How Crossing the Bridge to Matamoros Got Complicated 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z She was an older woman, maybe in her mid-60s, and like so many others she lived in Matamoros and worked in Brownsville. How Crossing the Bridge to Matamoros Got Complicated 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z After meeting Ms. Matamoros at their community’s weekly Bible study group in January 2020, he wanted to get to know her better. Bonding Over Faith and Football 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Once he saw the price tag, Mr. Matamoros turned regretful. The Flea Circus 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z On April 2, Ms. Matamoros, wearing a white lace dress, and Mr. Ewers, in a dark suit, were married before 60 vaccinated guests in a poolside ceremony on the Belmont grounds. Bonding Over Faith and Football 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Matamoros said that after years of being able to travel to the United States for art projects, she was denied a visa last year by Cuban officials. Bronx Museum Plans Ambitious Art Exchange With Cuba 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z When she left her home in McKinney, Texas, for the retirement community, Ms. Matamoros, 89, had prayed for a woman friend who shared her interest in the Bible. Bonding Over Faith and Football 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Over three years, she brought a team together and expanded AMBOS’ reach to Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico. Art collective AMBOS brings its outreach to Made in L.A. with an interactive, outstretched hand sculpture 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Once they reached the encampment in Matamoros, the pair settled into a routine. A Venezuelan man and his pet squirrel made it to the US border. Now he’s preparing to say goodbye 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Consulate in the northern Mexican border town of Matamoros on Monday said its "employees are currently under a shelter in place order" due to gun violence in the city. U.S. Consulate in Mexico border town tells staff 'to shelter in place' amid gun violence 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Last week, they opened a temporary outdoor shelter in Matamoros for up to 850 people. Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with a new shelter 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The Mexican government said Saturday it has set up a large tent shelter for about 600 migrants in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. Mexico sets up large tent shelter for hundreds of migrants in border city of Matamoros 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z "We risked it because we were so desperate in Matamoros," he said, seated beneath white tents at a plaza near the border. Exclusive: U.S. restarts asylum appointments at Mexico border town despite extortion threat 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z More than 200 patients could be at risk of fungal meningitis after having surgical procedures in Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, between Jan. 1 to May 13 of this year. 6 dead in a meningitis outbreak tied to Mexico clinics as officials struggle to reach more patients 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In recent years Matamoros, which borders the southern U.S. city of Brownsville in Texas, has been racked by violence linked to drug trafficking. U.S. Consulate in Mexico border town tells staff 'to shelter in place' amid gun violence 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Mexico’s National Institute for Migration wants the large camp in Matamoros dismantled. Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with a new shelter 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z He was responding to talk of U.S. intervention after four Americans were attacked and kidnapped in Matamoros by cartel operatives. Public backs GOP calls for U.S. military to attack Mexican cartels 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Many came from a squalid encampment in the city of Matamoros, several hours away, where they had been unsuccessful in securing appointments. Exclusive: U.S. restarts asylum appointments at Mexico border town despite extortion threat 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Herrera, a Brownsville resident, initially said that she had driven her child to Matamoros, Mexico, directly across from Brownsville for a doctor’s appointment. Customs officials in Brownsville seize a spider monkey from a passenger car 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Two people in the U.S. have died and more than 200 others are at risk after an outbreak of fungal meningitis at clinics in Matamoros, Mexico. Your Monday Briefing 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z She recently went to a Texas crossing to present her case to U.S. officials, but said Mexican immigration agents in Matamoros blocked her and her husband. Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Two cosmetic clinics in the Mexican city of Matamoros have been shut. US and Mexico sound alarm over cosmetic surgery-linked fungal outbreak 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Last week, the CDC issued a warning to U.S. residents to cancel surgeries in Matamoros, saying five people from Texas who had procedures there developed suspected cases of fungal meningitis. CDC: 2 dead of suspected cases of meningitis after surgeries in Mexico, over 200 patients at risk 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z All are female Texas residents in their 30s to their 50s, and all had undergone surgeries in Matamoros that involved an epidural: an anesthetic injection around the spinal column. How Fungal Meningitis Outbreaks Can Happen after Cosmetic Procedures and Other Surgeries 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Peraza, one of more than 3,000 migrants camped out along the Rio Grande in Matamoros, said he had previously been turned back after crossing while Title 42 was in place in May. Why border crossings fell after Trump-era rules expired 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Four friends who were traveling to Mexico in March so one member of the party could have cosmetic surgery were caught up in a drug cartel shootout in Matamoros. Texas man pleads guilty to smuggling gun linked to deadly Mexico kidnapping 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a travel advisory Tuesday for U.S. residents seeking medical care in Matamoros. Warning issued on surgery in Mexican border city after suspected cases of meningitis, 1 death 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Patients in the Texas cases started showing symptoms three days to six weeks after surgery in Matamoros. CDC: 2 dead of suspected cases of meningitis after surgeries in Mexico, over 200 patients at risk 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The exact species behind the cases hasn’t been identified, and health officials in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, where Matamoros is located, are investigating the situation. How Fungal Meningitis Outbreaks Can Happen after Cosmetic Procedures and Other Surgeries 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z In Matamoros, two officials with the Red Cross estimated that crossings had continued in an orderly manner. After Biden Predicted Chaos at the Border, a Quieter Than Expected Weekend 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Texas started inspecting commercial vehicles crossing into the state from Mexico at a bridge connecting the Texas city of Brownsville with the Mexican city of Matamoros. Mexico asks Texas to halt costly cargo inspections; will file USMCA complaint 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Patients in the Texas cases began showing symptoms three days to six weeks after surgery in Matamoros. Warning issued on surgery in Mexican border city after suspected cases of meningitis, 1 death 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z And in the border town of Matamoros, Mexico, across the Rio Grande River from Brownsville, migrant families continued arriving in hopes of reaching the United States. AP PHOTOS: Crowds of migrants wait at the border as Title 42 gives way to new rules 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z In Matamoros, Mexico, on Thursday afternoon groups crossed the Rio Grande River in chin-high water. Legal challenges threaten to upend Biden's border plan as Title 42 ends 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z “Our buses are full. Our planes are full,” said Pedro Cardenas, a city commissioner in Brownsville, Texas, just north of Matamoros, as recent arrivals headed to locations across the U.S. Pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire, straining US immigration system 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z On the banks of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, across from Brownsville, Texas, a group of 11 migrants from Venezuela tried to secure an appointment on Thursday as they sat outside their tents. Migrants Struggle to Get Appointments on Border Patrol App 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z One Venezuelan family on Wednesday ditched the personal belongings they had carried with them for their 2,000-mile journey to Matamoros, a Mexican city on the border with Brownsville. With Pandemic Restrictions Poised to Lift, Thousands Converge on Border 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Outside Matamoros, Mexico, migrants stood on the bank of the Rio Grande, blocked from entering the U.S. AP PHOTOS: Migrants attempt to cross into the U.S. before Title 42 ends 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z New York Times photographers are documenting the experience on both sides of the border, from Tijuana on the West Coast to Matamoros near the Gulf of Mexico. The Border in Photos 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Smugglers got her to Matamoros and put the two on a raft. Pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire, straining US immigration system 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z In Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, migrants arrived steadily on Wednesday, stripping down before descending a steep bank clutching plastic bags filled with clothes. ‘Now or never’: Migrants seek to beat the end of pandemic-related asylum restrictions 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z In Matamoros, Mexico, migrants purchased pool floats and life jackets to prepare to cross the Rio Grande River into Brownsville, Texas, said migrant rights activist Gladys Canas. Migrants amass on along US-Mexico border as COVID-era restrictions near end 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z WaPo also reported that Brownsville is one of the busier hubs of migrant crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border, as it borders the Mexican city of Matamoros. Police probe possible neo-Nazi ties of Texas gunman who wore "Right Wing Death Squad" patch: report 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Many of those crossing the border are entering through Brownsville just north of the Mexican border town of Matamoros. ‘Risk it all’: Migrant surge as US prepares for Title 42 end 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Brownsville is across the Rio Grande from Matamoros, Mexico, where a sprawling encampment of makeshift tents has housed about 2,000 people waiting to enter the U.S. Texas border city struggles with large arrival of migrants 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z There are far more migrants than available slots, exacerbating tensions in Mexican border cities that house them, often in shelters and camps like the one in Matamoros. Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z She and three of her closest friends — close enough that she called them brothers — had driven from South Carolina to Matamoros in the state of Tamaulipas so that she could get a tummy tuck procedure. How a Missed Tummy Tuck in Mexico Led to a Deadly Kidnapping 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Matamoros is the headquarters of the Gulf Cartel, one of Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficking groups, and lies across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Tex. U.S. wiretaps tracked Gulf Cartel after Americans abducted, leak shows 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z Pedestrians cross from Matamoros using a covered walkway that can only accommodate a few people across. ‘Risk it all’: Migrant surge as US prepares for Title 42 end 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z In March, two Americans were fatally shot during a brazen kidnapping in Matamoros, Mexico, that highlighted the rampant violence on the Mexican side of the border. Death and Justice on the Border: A Migrant Is Killed, a Rancher Is Charged 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z In Matamoros on Wednesday night, about 200 migrants gathered on the southern side of an international bridge and halted all U.S.-bound traffic, the U.S. Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Ms. McGee, who lives in Myrtle Beach, S.C., first had cosmetic surgery in Matamoros about two years ago, she said, and was returning for another procedure. How a Missed Tummy Tuck in Mexico Led to a Deadly Kidnapping 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The captor, who told the siblings he was a U.S. citizen, drove them March 6 to a shack outside Matamoros and left them for Mexican authorities to collect them. U.S. wiretaps tracked Gulf Cartel after Americans abducted, leak shows 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z Most recently, four Americans who crossed from Brownsville, Tex., to Matamoros were kidnapped earlier this month; two were killed and a third was injured. U.S. Embassy issues Mexico travel warnings to spring breakers 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Several Republican lawmakers have been calling for U.S. military strikes in Mexico against criminal groups and traffickers, following the March 3 killing of two U.S. citizens who crossed into the border city of Matamoros. Barbs fly from Mexico leader, but migration deal stays above the fray 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The tent fires in Matamoros come on the heels of a March 27 blaze that killed 40 men at a Mexican immigration detention center in Ciudad Juarez. Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Even so, women cross the border from Brownsville, Texas, every day to visit clinics in Matamoros offering liposuction and cosmetic procedures known as tummy tucks and Brazilian butt lifts. How a Missed Tummy Tuck in Mexico Led to a Deadly Kidnapping 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The kidnapping occurred in Matamoros, Mexico, which is located just across the border from Brownsville. Gun used in kidnapping of Americans in Mexico came from US 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Another case of Americans who went missing in Mexico received an avalanche of attention earlier this month when their March 3 abduction was caught on video after a drug cartel shootout in Matamoros. Daughter of 1 of 3 missing women in Mexico hasn’t lost hope 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z But it is not clear how the current war of words between Mexico City and Washington and the heavy publicity given to incidents such as the killings in Matamoros will affect that traffic. ‘Safer’ than U.S.? Numbers don’t support Mexican leader’s claim 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The fires were set Wednesday and Thursday at the sprawling camp of about 2,000 people, most of them from Venezuela, Haiti and Mexico, in Matamoros, a city near Brownsville, Texas. Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z After roaming through Matamoros with her friends on the day of her appointment last month, Ms. McGee was ready to head back to Brownsville when a car cut them off. How a Missed Tummy Tuck in Mexico Led to a Deadly Kidnapping 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Four friends who were traveling to Mexico so one member of the party could have cosmetic surgery were caught up in a drug cartel shootout in Matamoros. Gun used in kidnapping of Americans in Mexico came from US 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The risks of traveling to Mexico for its booming “medical tourism” industry came into sharp relief last week after four Americans were kidnapped in Matamoros, a cartel-plagued Mexican border town. Federal lawmakers call for travel advisory about fentanyl in pills at Mexican pharmacies 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z “I’m so angry I couldn’t sleep, thinking about how my U.S. government acted in Matamoros with the kidnappings,” she wrote in Spanish. Matamoros victims found, but 550 Americans are still missing in Mexico 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Four Americans were kidnapped by a drug cartel, and two of them were murdered, when they visited the town of Matamoros, Mexico, earlier this month. Mexico too dangerous for spring break, Texas officials say 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z According to the Mexican authorities, Ms. McGee, Mr. Williams and their slain friends were found on the morning of March 7 in a wooden shed surrounded by farmland on the edge of Matamoros. How a Missed Tummy Tuck in Mexico Led to a Deadly Kidnapping 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z They were caught in a drug cartel shootout in the border city of Matamoros, and video showed them being hauled off in a pickup truck. 3 women missing in Mexico after crossing from Texas on trip 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z This week, hundreds of additional Mexican security forces were deployed to Matamoros, the border city where the attack on the four Americans unfolded. Criminals in Mexico Violated Unwritten Rule: Leave Americans Alone 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The four Americans had reportedly traveled in a vehicle with North Carolina plates so one could have cosmetic surgery in Matamoros, one of several border cities that offer low-cost services to medical tourists. Matamoros victims found, but 550 Americans are still missing in Mexico 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Four Americans were kidnapped by a drug cartel, and two of them were murdered, when they visited the town of Matamoros, Mexico. Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel's apology 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z In his daily morning news conference, the president criticized what he termed the “exaggerated” media coverage of the Matamoros case. Why the kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico turned into a political spectacle 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Two Americans and a Mexican woman were killed after gunmen opened fire on the four U.S. citizens shortly after their arrival in the city of Matamoros on March 3. Five people in Mexico held over killings of Americans, state prosecutor says 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z This week, Mexican authorities were said to be considering a similar explanation for the kidnapping and slaying of the Americans in Matamoros, investigating whether it was another case of mistaken identity. Criminals in Mexico Violated Unwritten Rule: Leave Americans Alone 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The Americans were found in an abandoned house on the outskirts of Matamoros, which is in Tamaulipas state. Matamoros victims found, but 550 Americans are still missing in Mexico 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z In that context, the decision to hand over their own gunmen after the debacle in Matamoros adds up: A mistake happened, an apology was made, and the culprits handed in. Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel's apology 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z About midday, they were fired on in downtown Matamoros and then loaded into a pickup truck. Cartel letter doesn’t dull pain for Americans’ families 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z But, Pedraza noted, many Americans arrive in Matamoros by private car so they can also shop and dine at restaurants. Mexico kidnappings put a spotlight on medical tourism 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z What happened to the Americans is what they confront every day, Matamoros residents said, while dropping their children off at school, buying groceries or driving to work. Criminals in Mexico Violated Unwritten Rule: Leave Americans Alone 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Watching the swift recovery of the four Americans in Matamoros, she said, was frustrating. Matamoros victims found, but 550 Americans are still missing in Mexico 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z In the Matamoros case, authorities in Mexico have been highlighting the victims' criminal records in their statements to the media. Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel's apology 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Mexican authorities have been combing Matamoros in an urgent hunt for the perpetrators of the attack. Mexican cartel delivers ‘kidnappers’ — five bound men — and an apology 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Alfredo Pedraza, the president of the Health Tourism Committee of Matamoros, called the attack on the Americans “an isolated case” that he hoped would not damage the region’s health industry. Mexico kidnappings put a spotlight on medical tourism 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z And last Friday’s violence in Matamoros was bad for cartel business. Letter claims Mexican cartel turned in men who killed two Americans 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, a health clinic in Matamoros where the cartel members allegedly took the injured US citizens for treatment has been cordoned off by police. Mexico cartel turns in own men over US kidnappings 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The five men were found, alive, along with the note, in Matamoros, the border city on the Rio Grande where the Americans were attacked. Five Men Found in Mexico With a Note Saying They Attacked Americans 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Mexican security forces, acting on a tip, found the Americans on Tuesday morning in a wooden shack on the outskirts of Matamoros. Mexican cartel delivers ‘kidnappers’ — five bound men — and an apology 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z In the days since the kidnappings in Matamoros, Woodman said, he has been inundated by calls and emails from people interested in seeking medical care across the border. Mexico kidnappings put a spotlight on medical tourism 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Last Friday, the four Americans crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that one of them could have cosmetic surgery. Letter claims Mexican cartel turned in men who killed two Americans 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The group were said to have travelled to Matamoros for one of them, Latavia McGee, to undergo a cosmetic medical procedure at a clinic in the city. Mexico cartel turns in own men over US kidnappings 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The city of Matamoros sits across the border from Brownsville, Texas, and is rife with cartel violence. Five Men Found in Mexico With a Note Saying They Attacked Americans 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Matamoros is thought to be in the grip of the Gulf Cartel, a major crime group that smuggles drugs and migrants and engages in extortion and illegal fuel sales. Mexican cartel delivers ‘kidnappers’ — five bound men — and an apology 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z López Obrador’s unusually sharp comments came two days after Mexican authorities located the missing Americans in a shack on the outskirts of Matamoros, a notoriously lawless city long disputed by rival drug trafficking groups. After the kidnapping of 4 Americans, Mexico's president blasts U.S. craving for drugs 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Around midday, they were fired on in downtown Matamoros and then loaded into a pickup truck. Letter claims Mexican cartel turned in men who killed two Americans 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The question over the Americans' backstory comes as the political temperature over the incident in Matamoros continues to rise. Mexico cartel turns in own men over US kidnappings 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Two of the Americans and a Mexican woman died after gunmen opened fire on the U.S. citizens shortly after their arrival in Matamoros on Friday. Mexican cartel says sorry for attack on Americans, serves up five suspects 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Last Friday, four Americans crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that one of them could get a cosmetic surgery procedure. Mexican gang said to apologize over deaths of Americans 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Reuters could not ascertain how a drug gang might have known Americans with drug convictions were arriving in Matamoros. Exclusive: Mexico probes possible drug motive for attack on four Americans -document 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Tamaulipas state prosecutor’s office said Thursday it had seized an ambulance and a medical clinic in Matamoros that were allegedly used to provide treatment to the Americans after the shooting. Letter claims Mexican cartel turned in men who killed two Americans 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z As many clients are wary of Matamoros’s reputation as a violent and lawless place, the clinic was intentionally located just four minutes’ walking distance from the crossing into Brownsville, Texas. Mexicans Question Government’s Swift Response to Lethal Attack on Americans 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The letter was left alongside five men with their hands tied in Matamoros, the photos showed. Mexican cartel says sorry for attack on Americans, serves up five suspects 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Around midday they were fired on in downtown Matamoros and then loaded into a pickup truck. Mexican gang said to apologize over deaths of Americans 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Their minivan was caught in the crossfire from an apparent battle between rival gangs on the streets of Matamoros, just across the border from Brownsville, Texas. Cartel violence ignites calls for U.S. military intervention in Mexico 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Four Americans were kidnapped by armed men last week soon after crossing into the Mexican border city of Matamoros. A cartel's mistake could explain the Mexico kidnappings 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The group’s minivan crashed and was fired on shortly after they crossed into Matamoros on Friday as drug cartel factions tore through the streets, the region’s governor said. Deadly Mexico kidnapping hits home in South Carolina 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The attorney general's office of Tamaulipas, the state where Matamoros lies, declined to comment on the reports. Mexican cartel says sorry for attack on Americans, serves up five suspects 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z It is unclear exactly what faction of the Gulf cartel may have abducted the Americans in Matamoros last week. Americans found quickly, but Mexico’s missing remain lost 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Their minivan was caught in a crossfire from an apparent battle between rival gangs on the streets of Matamoros, Mexico, just across the border from Brownsville, Texas. Sens. Graham, Kennedy call for use of military force to defeat cartels 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Matamoros is caught between warring factions of the Gulf Cartel, as they battle for control of the so-called plazas - the drug smuggling routes north into the US. A cartel's mistake could explain the Mexico kidnappings 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Their minivan crashed and was fired on shortly after they crossed into the border city of Matamoros on Friday as drug cartel factions tore through the streets, the region’s governor said. Survivors of deadly Mexico abduction returned to US 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Two surviving Americans who were were kidnapped at gunpoint in Matamoros, Mexico last week are being treated at US hospitals. Two survivors of Mexico kidnapping recovering in US hospitals 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Ambassador Ken Salazar wrote in his Twitter account Tuesday that “we are particularly worried about the control that the Gulf cartel exercises over an area known as the frontera chica,” which is near Matamoros. Americans found quickly, but Mexico’s missing remain lost 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Migrants are frequently kidnapped for ransom in Matamoros. Two of the Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Brown said her brother, who lives in Myrtle Beach, and two other friends accompanied Burgess to Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, where she was believed to have a scheduled tummy tuck surgery. Families shaken awaiting word on Americans taken in Mexico 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The surviving Americans were whisked back to U.S. soil on Tuesday in Brownsville, the southernmost tip of Texas and just across the border from Matamoros. Survivors of deadly Mexico abduction returned to US 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The four Americans were found at a wooden shack outside Matamoros after being transferred to various locations between the kidnapping on Friday and their discovery on Tuesday "to create confusion", Mexican officials said on Tuesday. Two survivors of Mexico kidnapping recovering in US hospitals 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The Gulf Cartel has deep roots in the Matamoros area, and Mr. Garcia Vilano had reportedly been involved in a violent clash with a rival cell within the cartel in September in Tamaulipas. Two Americans killed in cartel crossfire across Mexican border, raising fresh security fears 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Matamoros is controlled by factions of the Gulf cartel, whose consolidation of power there has generally improved security. Two of the Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Over the weekend, four Americans were kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, after travelling by car to the Mexican border town for cosmetic surgery, according to relatives. Mexico kidnapping: Why a million Americans a year risk Mexico medical tourism 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z A relative of one of the victims said Monday that the four had traveled together from the Carolinas so one of them could get a tummy tuck surgery from a doctor in Matamoros. Survivors of deadly Mexico abduction returned to US 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The incident illustrates the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel that often fight among themselves. 2 kidnapped Americans found dead in Mexico; 2 others still alive 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z A relative of one of them said Monday that they had traveled together from South Carolina so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a Matamoros doctor. 2 kidnapped Americans found dead in Mexico, 2 are alive 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Americans in Brownsville who had stopped crossing the border when violence in Matamoros surged around 2009 had begun returning for medical appointments, cheaper medicine or lunch. Two of the Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Border towns, like Matamoros, are among the most dangerous in Mexico. Mexico kidnapping: Why a million Americans a year risk Mexico medical tourism 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The shootings illustrate the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. Survivors of deadly Mexico abduction returned to US 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Four US citizens were kidnapped at gunpoint on 3 March while driving into the city of Matamoros in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Two of four Americans kidnapped in Mexico are dead - governor 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The incident illustrates the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. 2 kidnapped Americans found dead in Mexico, 2 are alive 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z In 2021, 37 migrants were kidnapped for 15 days on the outskirts of Matamoros. Two of the Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z In Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, a few hours northwest of Matamoros, two main corridors running south from the region's main international land crossing are lined with dozens of dentistry offices. Mexico kidnapping: Why a million Americans a year risk Mexico medical tourism 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The four Americans drove into the border town of Matamoros, Mexico, from Brownsville, Texas, in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates on Friday when gunmen began firing on their vehicle, the F.B.I. said. FBI Searches for Four Americans Kidnapped in Mexico 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z They came under fire shortly after entering the city of Matamoros from Brownsville, at the southernmost tip of Texas near the Gulf coast, the FBI said in a statement Sunday. 4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico for health care 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Four Americans kidnapped by heavily armed men in Matamoros, Mexico, had travelled there for cosmetic surgery, relatives told US media. Kidnapped Americans were in Mexico for tummy tuck 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z A Mexican official said the Americans were found Tuesday morning in the village of Tecolote, about 15 miles from Matamoros. Two of the Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Matamoros is firmly in the hands of the Gulf Cartel, but fractures within that group have led to waves of violence elsewhere in Tamaulipas state. Video appears to show violent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z One of the Americans kidnapped had a medical appointment in Matamoros the morning of the kidnapping, according to a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an open investigation. FBI Searches for Four Americans Kidnapped in Mexico 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z A doctor who advertises such surgeries in Matamoros did not answer calls seeking comment. 4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico for health care 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z They were driving through Matamoros - which is directly across the border from the Texas town of Brownsville - in a white minivan with North Carolina licence plates when unidentified gunmen opened fire, the FBI said. Kidnapped Americans were in Mexico for tummy tuck 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z On Friday, four friends from South Carolina crossed from Brownsville, Tex., to the border city of Matamoros, where one planned to undergo a cosmetic procedure. Two of the Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Analysts have expressed concern that if similar fissures emerge in Matamoros, the city’s relative peace could be disturbed. Video appears to show violent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z They came under fire shortly after entering the city of Matamoros from Brownsville, at the southernmost tip of Texas near the Gulf Coast, the F.B.I. said in a statement Sunday. 4 Americans Kidnapped in Mexico Border City Were There Seeking Health Care 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The scene illustrates the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. 4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico for health care 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Matamoros is in Tamaulipas state, one of six Mexican states that the US state department advises travellers not to visit because of "crime and kidnapping". Kidnapped Americans were in Mexico for tummy tuck 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z For decades, a night out in Matamoros was also part of the “two-nation vacation” for spring breakers flocking to South Padre Island in Texas. Americans kidnapped in Mexico were there to buy medicine, possible cases of mistaken identity 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The Americans came under fire shortly after they crossed the border Friday into the city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Tex., the FBI said in a statement Sunday. Video appears to show violent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The scene illustrated the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city in Tamaulipas State that is dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. 4 Americans Kidnapped in Mexico Border City Were There Seeking Health Care 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Victims of violence in Matamoros and other large border cities of Tamaulipas often go uncounted because the cartels have a history taking bodies of their own with them. 4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico for health care 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Shortly after entering Matamoros, gunmen fired upon the vehicle’s passengers and then seized the four Americans. GOP lawmaker urges Biden to focus on kidnapped Americans 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The Americans were kidnapped by armed men in Mexico after they came under gunfire shortly after crossing the border into the Mexican city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas state. Americans kidnapped in Mexico were there to buy medicine, possible cases of mistaken identity 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z But security in Matamoros has improved in recent years, with fewer high-profile attacks like the one that preceded Friday’s kidnapping. Video appears to show violent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Shootouts in Matamoros were so bad on Friday that the U.S. 4 Americans Kidnapped in Mexico Border City Were There Seeking Health Care 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z As the headquarters of the Gulf cartel, Matamoros was once relatively calm. 4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico for health care 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Matamoros is home to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel and shootouts there on Friday were so bad that the U.S. GOP lawmaker urges Biden to focus on kidnapped Americans 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Matamoros lies just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas. Americans kidnapped in Mexico were there to buy medicine, possible cases of mistaken identity 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Many Americans who live across the border in Brownsville walk or drive to Matamoros for lunch or to see a doctor. Video appears to show violent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Matamoros is located directly across the border from Brownsville, Texas. Four Americans kidnapped from minivan in Mexico, FBI says 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Three U.S. siblings disappeared near Matamoros in October 2014 while visiting their father and were later found shot to death and burned. 4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico for health care 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z For years, a night out in Matamoros was also part of the “two-nation vacation” for spring breakers flocking to Texas’ South Padre Island. GOP lawmaker urges Biden to focus on kidnapped Americans 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Matamoros is home to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel and shootouts were so bad Friday that the U.S. Americans kidnapped in Mexico were there to buy medicine, possible cases of mistaken identity 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. 4 Americans missing, feared kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The US citizens were crossing the border into Matamoros in Tamaulipas state in a white minivan on 3 March when unidentified gunmen shot at them. Four Americans kidnapped from minivan in Mexico, FBI says 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z A woman driving in Matamoros who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal said she witnessed what appeared to be the shooting and abduction. 4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico for health care 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Victims of violence in Matamoros and other large border cities of Tamaulipas often go uncounted, because the cartels have a history of taking bodies of their own with them. GOP lawmaker urges Biden to focus on kidnapped Americans 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Victims of violence in Matamoros and other large border cities of Tamaulipas often go uncounted, because the cartels are known to take their dead or wounded members back with them. Americans kidnapped in Mexico were there to buy medicine, possible cases of mistaken identity 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Matamoros is home to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel. 4 Americans missing, feared kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The issue has hit Haitians hardest, said Felicia Rangel-Samponaro, director of The Sidewalk School, which assists migrants in Reynosa and Matamoros, across from Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. Online system to seek asylum in US is quickly overwhelmed 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z But they were expelled to Matamoros, a city about 800 miles away that has long been plagued by cartel violence and kidnapping. Biden immigration plan would restrict illegal border crossings 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z She crosses the border every day to come to Lincoln Park, pushing her baby in a stroller along the pedestrian bridge that separates Brownsville from Matamoros. At this Texas school, every student is a teen mother 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z On the same day, more than 1,500 miles away in Matamoros, Mexico, another Venezuelan immigrant, Kerlyn Mora, walked the streets in search of a warm blanket. Two Venezuelan families. Two immigration policies. Two different outcomes. 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The shootouts in Matamoros were so bad that the U.S. 4 Americans missing, feared kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z On Friday, she counted 10 Black people among 270 admitted in Matamoros. Online system to seek asylum in US is quickly overwhelmed 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Temperatures in the border cities of Matamoros and Reynosa, where several thousand people are camping outside or in bare-bones shelters, are expected to hover around freezing on Saturday and only slightly improve on Sunday. Migrants face freezing Christmas at U.S.-Mexico border 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, hundreds of migrants fashioned a makeshift encampment - with black plastic bags for crude tents - in a park in Matamoros, Mexico, near Brownsville, Texas. Migrants near U.S. border face cold wait for key asylum ruling 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Among that group is Mora, who spent weeks trekking from Táchira, Venezuela, to Matamoros, across the U.S. border from Brownsville, Texas. Two Venezuelan families. Two immigration policies. Two different outcomes. 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, hundreds of migrants fashioned a makeshift encampment — with black plastic bags for crude tents — in a park in Matamoros, Mexico, near Brownsville, Texas. Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Ten thousand migrants were massed in Matamoros, just below the southern tip of Mexico, awaiting their chance to make a run at the border, according to La Jornada. ‘There are no borders’: Migrants mass in Mexico ahead of Title 42’s demise 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Another Venezuelan in Matamoros, Giovanny Castellanos, said he was camping out in a tent on the border, wrapped up in blankets, to keep abreast of developments. Migrants face freezing Christmas at U.S.-Mexico border 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Six weeks since he reached Matamoros, opposite Brownsville, Texas, Venezuelan Giovanny Castellanos was gearing up to spend Christmas in a tent away from his wife and five children. 'We're waiting': Migrants throng U.S.-Mexico border in asylum limbo 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z She made it to the U.S.-Mexico border the same week the new policies took effect and was sent back to Matamoros on Oct. Two Venezuelan families. Two immigration policies. Two different outcomes. 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Associated Press writer Fabiola Sanchez contributed to this report from Matamoros, Mexico. Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z In Matamoros, hundreds of Venezuelans protested, saying they entered the U.S. before the policy took effect. US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Also on Friday, around 300 Venezuelan migrants gathered in the northern Mexican border town of Matamoros, trying to cross the Matamoros-Brownsville bridge into Texas. Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants leave southern Mexico to travel to U.S. border 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Juan Antonio Sierra, who runs the city's largest migrant shelter, says Matamoros now has up to 8,000 migrants, many of them living in the border encampment or on the streets. 'We're waiting': Migrants throng U.S.-Mexico border in asylum limbo 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Then he walked and hitchhiked through Central America and Mexico into the border city of Matamoros, across a bridge from Brownsville, Tex., where he surrendered to authorities and was detained for several days. Mysteries, legal challenges follow Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis’s migrant flights 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Mexico, representing Matamoros Little League from the Texas border near the Gulf of Mexico, next plays on Wednesday against a team from a country that was once a Little League powerhouse, Taiwan. Mexico chasing first Little League title since 1997 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Gregori Josue Segovia, 22, said he was processed by U.S. authorities Monday in El Paso, Texas, and was moved around before ending up in Matamoros. US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z After flying into the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, smugglers drove him to the border town of Matamoros. 'VIP trips' cost migrants their lives in Texas smuggling tragedy 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z For further motivation, the third-year player — and son of former NFL tight end Irv Smith — added an even larger tattoo on the other side of his neck depicting his mother, Rose Matamoros. Vikings value return of rejuvenated tight end Irv Smith Jr. 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z But whether or not Matamoros’s cooking struck a chord with customers, he could rarely attract the attention of two diners who mattered most: his mom, Ana Rosario-Espinal, and his stepdad, Francisco Reyes. Review | Frank’s Burger Place in Wheaton is just the balm we need 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Even with a tough test up next, a chance to become the first Mexican Little League World Series champs since 1997 is entering Matamoros’ field of view. Mexico chasing first Little League title since 1997 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z In the small, sleepy town of Izucar de Matamoros in central Mexico, vendors sell pastries, sunglasses, and shoe polish under the hot sun for a few dollars a day. U.S. delegation fails to secure release of Americans in Venezuela visit 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z In the small, sleepy town of Izucar de Matamoros in central Mexico, vendors sell pastries, sunglasses, and shoe polish under the hot sun for a few dollars a day. Peru's Machu Picchu threatened by wildfire 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Miguel Barbosa, the governor of neighboring Puebla state, set off a scramble for information in the town of Izucar de Matamoros on Tuesday when he said publicly that two of the dead hailed from there. San Antonio migrant deaths lead to slow effort to ID victims 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z “My mom and him are not foodies,” Matamoros tells me. Review | Frank’s Burger Place in Wheaton is just the balm we need 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z In 2019, a priest was stabbed to death in the northern border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. Jesuit priests killed by gunmen in church in northern Mexico 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z In February, in another border city, Matamoros, employees at a U.S.-operated Tridonex auto parts assembly plant in Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, overwhelmingly voted to have an independent union represent them. Mexico agrees to review US workers’ rights complaint 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z A similar vote occurred in late February in another border city, Matamoros, where many of the indepedent union organizing battles have occurred. Mexican workers vote for independent union at border plant 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z In the spring of 1846, Taylor built a small fort on the north bank of the Rio Grande and trained his guns on the village of Matamoros on the opposite shore. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Matamoros suspected he had a hit when he asked his stepdad to sample a burger that the chef had assembled at home, months before Frank’s ever served its first patty. Review | Frank’s Burger Place in Wheaton is just the balm we need 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Their bodies lay near the Mexican border town of Matamoros, across the river from Brownsville, Texas, a mile or so from an international bridge. Column: The image of a bloody mother and her unborn child symbolizes Russia's brutality in Ukraine 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Some were fired for what they described as retaliation for their activism, beginning with wildcat strikes in 2019 at numerous Matamoros factories. Workers at Mexico border auto parts plant oust powerful union, eying ripple effect 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Employees at a U.S.-operated Tridonex auto parts assembly plant in Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, overwhelmingly voted to have an independent union represent them. Mexican workers vote for independent union at border plant 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z It was a long, hard battle for the workers in Matamoros, where labor battles began in 2019 with a mass strike by about 25,000 workers at 48 assembly plants in the Mexican border city. Mexico sees 2nd major win for independent unions 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z When the elder thinks of a burger, Matamoros says, he thinks of McDonald’s or Wendy’s, with patties pressed with cheap commodity beef. Review | Frank’s Burger Place in Wheaton is just the balm we need 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z A total of four suspected gunmen were arrested in Matamoros, located across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas. Raging gunbattles in northern Mexico city kill 4, wound 2 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z The incident began on Friday evening in the border city of Matamoros, when military and police officers attempted to halt several suspicious vehicles, officials from the northern state of Tamaulipas said in a statement. Gang shootout in northern Mexico leaves four dead -officials 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z In Matamoros, labor battles began in 2019 with a mass strike by about 25,000 workers at 48 assembly plants in the border city. Mexican workers vote for independent union at border plant 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The movement won 20% wage increases at all 48 “maquiladora” factories in Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas. Mexico sees 2nd major win for independent unions 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Matamoros’s burger was built with a good local ground beef. Review | Frank’s Burger Place in Wheaton is just the balm we need 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Factions of the Gulf Cartel have attacked police and each other for years in and around Matamoros and the neighboring city of Reynosa. Raging gunbattles in northern Mexico city kill 4, wound 2 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Some also took off on foot into downtown Matamoros. Gang shootout in northern Mexico leaves four dead -officials 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z The movement won 20% pay raises at all 48 maquiladora factories in Matamoros. Mexican workers vote for independent union at border plant 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Similarly, the Mexican cities of Reynosa and Matamoros across the border mushroomed after U.S.-owned assembly plants were established in the mid-1990s. In South Texas, aging water system meets growing population 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z “My dad just fell in love,” says Matamoros. Review | Frank’s Burger Place in Wheaton is just the balm we need 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z MATAMOROS, Mexico — Over the summer, as migrants rushed into the Mexican border city of Matamoros, a local pastor lost his patience. After Pastor Evicts Nearly 200 Migrants, His Brother Welcomes Them All 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The program has been heavily criticized by migrant advocates for sending asylum seekers to crime-ridden border cities, such as Matamoros, for lengthy waits. Gang shootout in northern Mexico leaves four dead -officials 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Center: A group of teens plays video games in Matamoros. Antonio is one of the most prolific migrant smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border. He’s about to turn 18, and he has a decision to make. Antonio was drawn into smuggling the same way as most of the boys in Matamoros. Antonio is one of the most prolific migrant smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border. He’s about to turn 18, and he has a decision to make 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Matamoros tells me that his mom has become a regular at Frank’s, though she apparently likes the chipotle-coffee chicken over the burgers. Review | Frank’s Burger Place in Wheaton is just the balm we need 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Matamoros was long just a brief stopping point for migrants on their way north, known to be violent terrain best traversed as quickly as possible. After Pastor Evicts Nearly 200 Migrants, His Brother Welcomes Them All 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z He was born in Matamoros, Mexico, and for years crossed the border by foot to attend school in Texas. California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar stepping down to join think tank 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z When the Matamoros encampment disappeared near the beginning of your administration, a new encampment sprang up in nearby Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Tex. Opinion | What Biden can do for migrants stuck in Mexico 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z For as long as Antonio could remember, migrants passed through Matamoros, sometimes within sight of his apartment, on their way to Texas. Antonio is one of the most prolific migrant smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border. He’s about to turn 18, and he has a decision to make 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Did I mention that Matamoros started his culinary career as a dishwasher? Review | Frank’s Burger Place in Wheaton is just the balm we need 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z After President Biden began allowing asylum seekers to cross the border, a migrant encampment in Matamoros — just across from Brownsville, Tex. — closed. After Pastor Evicts Nearly 200 Migrants, His Brother Welcomes Them All 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Soon after the Matamoros camp was bulldozed last March, a new camp formed about 55 miles west across from the border bridge to the more dangerous, Gulf crime cartel stronghold of Reynosa. Biden vowed to close a border migrant camp, then a worse one emerged under his watch 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z REYNOSA, Mexico — For nearly three years under the Trump administration, a makeshift camp of migrants from all over the world operated in the Mexican city of Matamoros. A Squalid Border Camp Finally Closed. Now Another One Has Opened. 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z She borrowed her parents’ red Toyota and drove through the neighborhoods tucked behind the vast industrial corridor that had consumed Matamoros in the decades since NAFTA. Antonio is one of the most prolific migrant smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border. He’s about to turn 18, and he has a decision to make 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z The burgers are as good as advertised, largely due to Matamoros’s obsessive search for the right beef. Review | Frank’s Burger Place in Wheaton is just the balm we need 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z As the pastor traveled outside of Matamoros and then made a run for mayor this year, he left the church in the care of his brother Joel Barrientos, 49. After Pastor Evicts Nearly 200 Migrants, His Brother Welcomes Them All 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z In Reynosa, where about 2,000 migrants were living last week, conditions are in many ways worse than they were in Matamoros, Tucker said. Biden vowed to close a border migrant camp, then a worse one emerged under his watch 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z But within weeks, a new camp sprang up about 55 miles farther west, in the Mexican city of Reynosa, and this one, aid workers say, is far worse than the one at Matamoros ever was. A Squalid Border Camp Finally Closed. Now Another One Has Opened. 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Growing up in Matamoros often necessitates a familiarity with all three. Antonio is one of the most prolific migrant smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border. He’s about to turn 18, and he has a decision to make 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Matamoros prefers thigh meat over the breast cutlets favored by most other sandwich shops, and that decision makes all the difference. Review | Frank’s Burger Place in Wheaton is just the balm we need 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z As more people started flowing into Matamoros, the brother and his wife, Gabriela Violante, let the ranks inside swell past 200. After Pastor Evicts Nearly 200 Migrants, His Brother Welcomes Them All 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z There’s less potable water, fewer bathrooms, showers and other sanitation that U.S.-based nonprofits spent months installing in Matamoros. Biden vowed to close a border migrant camp, then a worse one emerged under his watch 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Overcrowded already, with more than 2,000 people, it is filthy and foul-smelling, lacking the health and sanitation infrastructure that nonprofit groups had spent months installing at Matamoros. A Squalid Border Camp Finally Closed. Now Another One Has Opened. 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The camp is reminiscent of a symbol of Trump’s restrictive immigration policies: the now-closed squalid tent city in another cartel-run border town, Matamoros, 55 miles to the east. In a Mexican border camp, asylum seekers wait for Biden to end Trump health directive 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The AFL-CIO, together with other organizations, filed a complaint against Tridonex, a factory in Matamoros, they said in a statement Monday. U.S. regulators to review Honda Accord safety following steering control complaints 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z The complaint focuses on the Tridonex auto parts factories in the city of Matamoros, just across the border from Brownsville, Texas. Union complaint accuses Mexican factories of labor abuses, testing new trade pact 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Some had seen reports about how he helped those at the camp in Matamoros. Biden vowed to close a border migrant camp, then a worse one emerged under his watch 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “Conditions in the Matamoros camp made it a palace in comparison.” A Squalid Border Camp Finally Closed. Now Another One Has Opened. 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The Matamoros encampment was widely seen as a result of Trump's hardline policies, but some activists say that in many ways the situation in Tijuana is even worse. How confusion around Biden policies birthed a new refugee camp on the U.S. border 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Some of the Matamoros workers are now looking to the United States for backing. In Mexico autos town, labor rights falter despite U.S. trade deal 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z “We are committed to fully complying with all applicable labor laws and regulations with respect to our Tridonex facilities in Matamoros, Mexico,” the statement said. Union complaint accuses Mexican factories of labor abuses, testing new trade pact 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z As in Matamoros and other border cities in the surrounding Tamaulipas state, it’s not city officials or even migrants who ultimately control the plaza — it’s the cartel. Biden vowed to close a border migrant camp, then a worse one emerged under his watch 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “Why are we in limbo?” asked Denis, another asylum seeker in Matamoros who requested to be identified only by his first name after being threatened by gangs in Honduras. Ongoing family separation: Many migrants forced to stay in Mexico by Trump remain apart from their children in the U.S. 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z While Matamoros was dangerous and squalid, there was eventually a strong NGO presence, and it was demarcated by barriers. How confusion around Biden policies birthed a new refugee camp on the U.S. border 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Matamoros is one of a string of Mexican border cities which American firms were lured to by cheap labor in recent decades. In Mexico autos town, labor rights falter despite U.S. trade deal 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Viviana, a Cuban asylum seeker waiting for her hearing in Matamoros, missed her court date because she was in the hospital, where she suffered a second-trimester miscarriage. They missed their U.S. court dates because they were kidnapped. Now they’re blocked from applying for asylum. 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z In 2019, a father and his daughter from El Salvador died while attempting to cross the river near the border city of Matamoros, Mexico. 9-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Trying to Cross Rio Grande Into U.S. 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Cross me’,” Ochoa said during an interview at the park in Matamoros recently. Ongoing family separation: Many migrants forced to stay in Mexico by Trump remain apart from their children in the U.S. 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z During the last migrant surge in 2019, a similar cluster of migrants developed to the east in the border city of Matamoros. Hundreds of migrants cross the Rio Grande nightly: 'We all came with dreams' 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z About 400 Tridonex workers protested outside a Matamoros labor court last year to be allowed to switch unions. In Mexico autos town, labor rights falter despite U.S. trade deal 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The increased figures come as a camp housing around 800 migrants in nearby Matamoros closed Sunday, with most of those people being allowed onto U.S. soil. Number of COVID-positive migrants released in Texas surges, officials say 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z A few days after reaching Matamoros, he paid $200 to a guide who supplied his family of five with three inner tubes to cross the Rio Grande. 9-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Trying to Cross Rio Grande Into U.S. 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z But this week, Ochoa said her feelings changed after a local taxi driver threatened to turn her over to the cartels in Matamoros. Ongoing family separation: Many migrants forced to stay in Mexico by Trump remain apart from their children in the U.S. 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Matamoros camp residents were to be among the first in line, it added. Mexican camp that was symbol of migrant misery empties out under Biden 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z In late January, 19 people - 16 of them Guatemalan migrants - were shot dead near Camargo, upriver from Matamoros near the border with Texas. US gives hope to previously denied asylum seekers in camp 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The Matamoros camp has been an uncomfortable monument to the exceptional policy for its residents, as well as the U.S. and Mexican governments. US gives hope to previously denied asylum seekers in camp 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The Mexican government source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the goal was for 500 migrants in the Matamoros camp to enter the United States by the end of next week. As Mexico's largest migrant camp empties, new tents spring up along border 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to cross the river because I’m worried they will deport me,” Ochoa, 32, said recently as she sat with her son in a Matamoros park. Ongoing family separation: Many migrants forced to stay in Mexico by Trump remain apart from their children in the U.S. 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z More than half of those were from the Matamoros camp, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Mexican camp that was symbol of migrant misery empties out under Biden 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z A camp of migrants on the banks of the Rio Grande in Matamoros was a particular priority for the Biden administration and Mexico. Processing of asylum seekers expands at US-Mexico border 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z On Saturday, Juan Antonio Sierra, who runs the migrant shelter in Matamoros confirmed that he had committed to housing asylum seekers with closed cases so that the camp could be closed. US gives hope to previously denied asylum seekers in camp 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The first asylum-seekers waiting in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, home to a migrant camp with squalid conditions, were processed for entry Thursday in Brownsville, Texas. California to spend $28M to help arriving asylum-seekers 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z So they returned to Matamoros in March to plead unsuccessfully with U.N. human rights officials processing Remain in Mexico admissions to the U.S., arguing that they were both vulnerable. Ongoing family separation: Many migrants forced to stay in Mexico by Trump remain apart from their children in the U.S. 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z “We said ‘Let’s unite’ and that’s how the camp in Matamoros began,” said Honduran asylum seeker Josue Cornejo, who was returned to Matamoros along with his wife and their children in August 2019. Mexican camp that was symbol of migrant misery empties out under Biden 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z On Friday, the second day of processing there, 100 asylum-seekers crossed from Matamoros. Processing of asylum seekers expands at US-Mexico border 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z In late January, 19 people — 16 of them Guatemalan migrants — were shot dead near Camargo, upriver from Matamoros near the border with Texas. US gives hope to previously denied asylum seekers in camp 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Life is punctuated by sudden joy and sharp despair for about 800 migrants at the Matamoros camp. As Biden immigration policy evolves, border migrant camp's future is uncertain 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z In anticipation, about a dozen migrants walked across the Gateway International Bridge connecting Matamoros to Brownsville, Texas, on Friday, only to be turned away by border officers. Biden Takes On Trump’s Migrant Policies and Confusion Reigns at the Border 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z So did Matamoros’ criminal groups, which doled out beatings and siphoned off donations, migrants say. Mexican camp that was symbol of migrant misery empties out under Biden 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Unlike Matamoros, the border town more than 800 miles down the Rio Grande, there is no large migrant camp in Ciudad Juárez, a sprawling desert metropolis of 1.5 million. At the border, confusion, anxiety and hope as U.S. unveils new process for asylum-seekers 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Rivera and her son are among about 1,000 migrants living in the tent camp in a sprawling park just south of the Rio Grande in the Mexican city of Matamoros. US lets in asylum-seekers stuck in Mexico, ends Trump policy 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z U.S. immigration officials released a statement saying, “New arrivals to the Matamoros camp will not gain entry into the United States through this limited process.” As Biden immigration policy evolves, border migrant camp's future is uncertain 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Hundreds lived in tents at the foot of a bridge leading to Texas from Matamoros, Mexico, creating a makeshift refugee camp. Father and son abducted in Mexico are allowed into the U.S. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z But in Matamoros, which had scant resources for migrants, families opted to sleep in the plaza at the foot of the bridge. Mexican camp that was symbol of migrant misery empties out under Biden 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z “The whole Matamoros camp can very well be considered a most vulnerable population because of the circumstances,” she said, and migrants there may be eligible to enter the U.S. while their asylum cases play out. Biden immigration policy stirs confusion at Mexico border 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The news was welcomed with relief in a sprawling migrant camp in the Mexican city of Matamoros, just across the border from Brownsville, Texas. Biden to bring in asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under Trump program 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z A gay Cuban asylum seeker in Matamoros who was threatened by local cartels crossed the Rio Grande this month, was caught by Border Patrol and remained in immigration detention this week, friend Rey Rodriguez said. As Biden immigration policy evolves, border migrant camp's future is uncertain 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z He kept busy making repairs at the shelter in Matamoros, where he and his son shared a room with about 15 other fathers and children who were subject to the Trump border policy. Father and son abducted in Mexico are allowed into the U.S. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, said that MPP program might have succeeded in obscuring the plight of these migrants from the American public if it were not for the Matamoros camp. Mexican camp that was symbol of migrant misery empties out under Biden 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Friday's announcement was welcomed in a sprawling migrant camp in the Mexican city of Matamoros, just across the border from Texas. US to allow in thousands of asylum seekers waiting in Mexico 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z On Thursday, hundreds of migrants — many with active MPP cases — waited in a fenced tent camp in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville. Biden administration to start processing asylum seekers in California forced by Trump to 'Remain in Mexico' 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z In Matamoros, entry was delayed as migrants huddled in their tents and the worst winter storm in a generation coated the area with ice. As Biden immigration policy evolves, border migrant camp's future is uncertain 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z At the migrant camp in Matamoros, “Every day when we return to camp there are new families,” said Andrea Leiner of Global Response Management, which runs two clinics. Migrant Families Force Biden to Confront New Border Crisis 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z The pictures from Matamoros – tucked into the extreme north-east corner of Mexico – were at times shocking as MPP participants lived in the squalor of a tent camp along the Rio Grande. 'It gives us hope': migrants stranded in Mexico buoyed by prospect of Biden reform 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z It said the woman was taken to a hospital in Matamoros, where she was given free care. Honduran migrant gives birth on Mexico-US border bridge 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z As they do in Matamoros, the group will label each record with a number, rather than a name. Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Felicia Rangel-Samponaro, a volunteer who has run a school at the camp since it formed, also fears the Mexican government will try to force migrants to leave Matamoros. As Biden immigration policy evolves, border migrant camp's future is uncertain 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Immigrant advocates said the program was inhumane and illegal, forcing vulnerable families to wait for protection in some of Mexico’s most dangerous cities, such as Juárez, Mexicali, Matamoros and Tijuana, without access to legal counsel. A Guatemalan father brought his daughter to the US border. He learned to regret it 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Her son went to the border city of Matamoros and crossed a bridge in January as an unaccompanied child. Birth on a riverbank: Woman’s ordeal shows risks at border 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Among the hundreds of asylum seekers waiting at the camp in Matamoros to present their cases in the United States, more than a dozen were, like Gabriela, expecting children. Pregnant, Exhausted and Turned Back at the Border 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The 31-year-old Cuban woman was rescued by Border Patrol agents who found her along the Rio Grande with a broken leg in October after she crossed from Matamoros. Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The wall itself may not always be particularly frightening; the bollards separating Brownsville from Matamoros may stop migrants but they won't tear your flesh apart. From job loss to financial anxieties, border walls are how politicians redirect our fears 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z And the phone rang again as he settled into his SUV: It was a man calling on behalf of his mother-in-law, an hour away in Matamoros. In Covid-Wrecked Mexico, One Doctor Tried Humor and Home Visits 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z In the town of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, hundreds of people set up one such camp in 2018 near the entry point, in the scrubland on the banks of the Rio Grande. Trump wall: How much has he actually built? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Mexican authorities found Flores’ body within the Matamoros city limits on August 11. Nancy Grace on young American mom found dead in Mexico with all her teeth pulled out 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z But two weeks later, Carrasco was sent back to Matamoros with an oozing wound and 14 pins in her leg. Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Halfway across the short bridge from Matamoros into Brownsville, armed guards check passports while standing near a stack of riot gear. From job loss to financial anxieties, border walls are how politicians redirect our fears 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z By his count, he’s seen well over 200 patients in their homes since June, traveling between Reynosa, the state’s largest city with 600,000 people, and Matamoros, another large border town. In Covid-Wrecked Mexico, One Doctor Tried Humor and Home Visits 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z On Thursday, in the nearby border city of Matamoros, he appeared to cut short one of his notoriously long speeches when he saw a crowd gather outside the event. Mexico president tries to shoo away crowds as virus persists 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z The army said the tunnel was found earlier this week near the city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas. Mexican army finds unfinished tunnel under Rio Grande river 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z She fails to retire any of the three batters she faces but the Canadian champions rally for an 8-3 victory over Matamoros, Mexico. AP Sportlight 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Customs and Border Patrol and the City of Matamoros did not immediately respond to a request for comment at the time of publication. Guatemalan man seeking asylum drowns along US-Mexico border 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z A man walks across Izúcar de Matamoros park wearing a mask. Mexican families mourn workers claimed by Covid in the US – photo essay 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z “Yesterday a lot of people showed up to see us in Matamoros,” he said. Mexico president tries to shoo away crowds as virus persists 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Some of the structures will be sent to cities on the Texas border like Reynosa and Matamoros that were lashed by rain from Hanna. UN refugee agency to install housing units in Mexico 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z In the Mexican city of Matamoros, located across the border from Brownsville, volunteers worried whether the tropical storm would impact a makeshift migrant camp near the Rio Grande River. South Texas prepares for Tropical Storm Hanna amid pandemic 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z More than 1,000 migrants waiting to seek asylum are estimated to be in the camp, which sits along the river’s edge in Matamoros, Mexico, across from Brownsville. Guatemalan man seeking asylum drowns along US-Mexico border 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z A few days before Christmas, while we served tamales at a migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, just across the border from Brownsville, Tex., an asylum seeker told us about her journey north from Honduras. Opinion | E Pluribus Unum is on the ballot this November 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Last week, we learned of the first coronavirus case here in the migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico. Opinion | Covid-19 has come to our migrant camp. It makes ending the MPP policy even more urgent. 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Prieto is still charged with crimes against public servants, including threats and inciting a riot linked to a worker protest outside a labor board in the city of Matamoros last March. Mexican labor activist released from jail as trade deal takes effect 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z She was transported to the state capital, Ciudad Victoria – 320km south-east of Matamoros – and was ordered detained on Wednesday morning. Top Mexican labour lawyer arrested after activism in US-owned factories 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z A woman arranges flowers in the migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico. Clinging to hope of a life in America, these migrants in Mexico united to practice their own brand of democracy 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Despite the fear and uncertainty that the asylum seekers waiting in Matamoros live with every day, families are still holding on to the faith that brought them to the U.S. border. Opinion | E Pluribus Unum is on the ballot this November 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z In March, the father was attacked in Matamoros, across from Brownsville, after leaving work. House Democrats demand Trump administration stop rushing through deportations of migrant children 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The girls crossed the border by themselves after their father was mugged in Matamoros, where they’d been required to stay under the administration’s policy after seeking asylum last September. Family separation returns under cover of the coronavirus 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Those strikes spread to other businesses, and according to the city’s maquila industry led to a slump in investment in Matamoros. Top Mexican labour lawyer arrested after activism in US-owned factories 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z No one wanted the migrants to be in Matamoros — least of all the migrants themselves. Clinging to hope of a life in America, these migrants in Mexico united to practice their own brand of democracy 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z When Border Patrol agents apprehended them crossing illegally near Brownsville that month, they were placed in the Migrant Protection Protocols program and forced to wait in Matamoros for their U.S. immigration court dates. Trump administration rushes deportations of migrant children during coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The Rev. Francisco Gallardo, who runs a migrant shelter in Matamoros, called the possibility that deportees will arrive infected “a great concern for us.” U.S. is deporting infected migrants back to vulnerable countries 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z In Matamoros, she said she will never allow her children to return to El Salvador. Family separation returns under cover of the coronavirus 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Wandering afield poses a danger: Matamoros, like other Mexican border towns, is a hub for extortion gangs that regularly kidnap migrants and demand ransoms from U.S. relatives, under threat of death. Aid workers seek to avoid coronavirus outbreak at Matamoros migrant camp 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z In the camp, a few migrants cut hair for half the price of what it would cost in the city of Matamoros. Clinging to hope of a life in America, these migrants in Mexico united to practice their own brand of democracy 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z They had fled to Matamoros with their mother in 2019 after members of the MS-13 gang slashed their father to death with machetes, according to court documents, and terrorized their stepfather. Trump administration rushes deportations of migrant children during coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Kim Hunter, a border rights fellow for Project Corazon who until recently worked in Matamoros, saw only a handful of people wearing masks. Rapes, murders ... and coronavirus: the dangers US asylum seekers in Mexico must face 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Mom lives in a makeshift refugee camp on the border in Matamoros, Mexico, one of the world’s most dangerous cities, rationing soap. Family separation returns under cover of the coronavirus 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z The remaining contingent of international aid staffers typically stays in Matamoros. Aid workers seek to avoid coronavirus outbreak at Matamoros migrant camp 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z A view of the crossing point between Matamoros and Brownsville, Tex. Clinging to hope of a life in America, these migrants in Mexico united to practice their own brand of democracy 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z He has since escaped Matamoros for a different Mexican city because it was unsafe, Maria said. Trump administration rushes deportations of migrant children during coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z In the Matamoros camp, migrants bathe and wash their clothes in the Rio Grande. A Closed Border, Dashed Hopes and a Looming Disaster 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Their mother now lives alone in a blue-tarp tent in Matamoros. Family separation returns under cover of the coronavirus 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z If a large number of cases emerge in the camp, “there would be a collapse of the health system,” said Ulises Gonzalez De la Garza, a coordinator for the state health department in Matamoros. Sprawling Mexican border camp ill-prepared for coronavirus 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Many of her clients live in the camp; the rest are asylum seekers living elsewhere in Matamoros. Clinging to hope of a life in America, these migrants in Mexico united to practice their own brand of democracy 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z But when the children arrived at the Texas border with their mother, the family was placed in the Migrant Protection Protocols program and made to wait in Matamoros. Trump administration rushes deportations of migrant children during coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The mother and her three children were sent to Matamoros under the program. US sued to stop deportation of 3 children to El Salvador 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Some asylum-seekers in the program known informally as “Remain in Mexico” live in squalid conditions outside in the Mexican border city of Matamoros. Asylum seekers attend border court amid outbreak 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Julio Frenk, a former Mexican health minister, said the situation in Matamoros reflected a broader failure by Mexico’s government to prepare. Sprawling Mexican border camp ill-prepared for coronavirus 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Edel and Vladimir left everything in Santa Ana — their property, their business, all the members of their extended families — and arrived in the Matamoros camp penniless. Clinging to hope of a life in America, these migrants in Mexico united to practice their own brand of democracy 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Knowing that migrants in Matamoros are often targeted by cartels, the neighbor feared the worst for their father. Trump administration rushes deportations of migrant children during coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Their mother remains in Matamoros, Mexico, where an estimated 2,000 people live in a squalid tent camp, waiting for their court hearings a short distance away in Brownsville, Texas. US sued to stop deportation of 3 children to El Salvador 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z In Matamoros, her first task was to help with crowded legal workshops. Big firm lawyers are helping asylum seekers at the border 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Obando has been living in Matamoros with her 7- and 10-year-old sons, the elder of whom has autism, since September, after having fled their home in Honduras. Confusion on the Border as Appeals Court Rules Against Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Branyerly, alone and penniless, returned across the Rio Grande, to Matamoros. Venezuelans seeking asylum present unique challenge to Trump administration 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Parents in the Matamoros migrant camp worry what will happen to the children they sent across alone, said Maria Corrales, a Honduran asylum-seeker. Trump administration rushes deportations of migrant children during coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The area around Matamoros has become the one of the largest refugee camps on the border, with people living in squalid and sometimes violent conditions. A Texas Border Town’s Booming Trade in Great Tacos 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z She was returned to the Matamoros camp last summer after traveling to the border from Cuba and asking for protection in the United States. ‘He Turned Purple’: U.S. Overlooks Ill Asylum Seekers 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Almost all in Matamoros are from Central America, awaiting their “credible fear” interview on the other side. How the American dream died on the world's busiest border 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z “We couldn’t believe it. We were in complete shock,” Branyerly said in an interview from Matamoros. Venezuelans seeking asylum present unique challenge to Trump administration 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z For seven months the children had waited with their dad in Matamoros, across from Brownsville, to ask U.S. authorities for asylum. Trump administration rushes deportations of migrant children during coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The teenager, who is being identified by only her first name, Branyerly, is living alone in Matamoros, Mexico, across from Brownsville. US border clampdown forces Venezuelan teen into Mexico alone 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z But as the policy returned around 60,000 migrants to Mexico, those exemptions were largely ignored, according to immigration lawyers, American doctors in Matamoros and the migrants themselves. ‘He Turned Purple’: U.S. Overlooks Ill Asylum Seekers 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z If you visit my community in Brownsville, Tex., the first thing you will see as you cross the Rio Grande into Matamoros, Mexico, is what has become a “tent city” along the riverbank. Opinion | President Trump, don’t ignore the suffering at the border caused by your policies 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Across the Rio Grande, in the Mexican town of Matamoros, an encampment of about 2,500 asylum seekers has been erected since the start of the policy. Inside the tent immigration courts that turn away thousands of asylum seekers 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Mauricio began working construction in Matamoros because Maria was trying to afford another lawyer to appeal their case. Trump administration rushes deportations of migrant children during coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z She tried to request parole Monday at one of the bridges connecting Brownsville and Matamoros. US border clampdown forces Venezuelan teen into Mexico alone 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z At a makeshift camp in Matamoros, tents crowd a muddy levee, housing around 2,500 migrants. ‘He Turned Purple’: U.S. Overlooks Ill Asylum Seekers 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z In Matamoros, Morales and two friends, fellow asylum seekers from across Mexico, said they planned to wait at the border camp and hope that the Trump administration’s latest policy wouldn’t be applied to them. Mexico balks on U.S. plan to send Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Many assembly workers in the city of Matamoros, opposite Brownsville, Tex., already earned more than the minimum. Mexico is giving millions of workers a historic pay increase. But will it have much effect? 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z The girl and her mother waited in Matamoros for months, but in January their asylum cases were denied through a tent court hearing in Brownsville, her lawyers said. Trump administration rushes deportations of migrant children during coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The self-generated lists of Mexican asylum seekers are kept both here and, a few blocks away, at the Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge. Seeing a Central American surge, Mexicans join the asylum line at the U.S. border 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Relatives of Anamichelle Castellano say she was arrested by Mexican authorities Monday at a bridge crossing from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico. Texas migrant helper released from Mexico after detention 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z In addition to the camp’s residents, they serve another 1,000 migrants living elsewhere in Matamoros. Stranded on Border, This Migrant Became the Camp Doctor 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z He got as far as the northern city of Monterrey where he learned that the cartel controlling Matamoros required $500 to enter and cross to his court date in Brownsville, Texas. What Crackdown? Migrant smuggling business adapts, thrives 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z A week later, U.S. authorities returned them to the Mexican border city of Matamoros, where hundreds of migrants are camped in deplorable conditions, to await their Dec. 2 court date. What Crackdown? Migrant smuggling business adapts, thrives 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In the Mexican city of Matamoros, the nonprofit Global Response Management bought flu vaccines from a local pharmacy at roughly $50 a dose to administer. Volunteers battle health crisis of asylum seekers in Mexico 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Global Response Management, a nonprofit that runs a sidewalk clinic for people living in Matamoros, Mexico, says border agents took the girl to the emergency room of Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville. In reversal, border agents allow sick 7-year-old to enter US 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The road bends, along stretches of new fence, to the river’s end, where the twin towns of Brownsville and Matamoros, one of six bi-national metropolitan border areas, face one another. Back to the border of misery: Amexica revisited 10 years on 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z When 10-year-old Honduran asylum seeker Jose Lopez approached U.S. customs officers on the border bridge between Matamoros and Brownsville this month, they allowed him to enter Texas as an unaccompanied minor. The new family separation: Migrant parents stranded on border send kids across alone 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z That’s when his father confirmed that Rodriguez was born in Matamoros and sent to live with family in the Rio Grande Valley when he was 5. U.S. Customs officer loses job and citizenship over his Mexican birth certificate 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Their idea was to send their children to live with spouses, siblings, cousins while they waited in Matamoros to complete the asylum process. In squalid Mexico tent city, asylum seekers are growing so desperate they're sending their children over the border alone 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z She was briefly seen and then returned with her mother to Matamoros. In reversal, border agents allow sick 7-year-old to enter US 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z A higher proportion are returned to Matamoros than anywhere else on the border, for all the dangers. Back to the border of misery: Amexica revisited 10 years on 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z It is both the location of most illegal crossings, and the state where the United States has returned the most asylum seekers — 20,700 through Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros as of early October. Migrants thrust by US officials into the arms of the cartels 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Most recently, in September, she was sent back across the bridge from Brownsville to Matamoros. Migrants thrust by US officials into the arms of the cartels 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Customs and Border Protection agents in the middle of the Gateway International Bridge, the span across the Rio Grande that connects Matamoros to Brownsville, Tex. In squalid Mexico tent city, asylum seekers are growing so desperate they're sending their children over the border alone 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z As many as 2,000 immigrants are waiting for U.S. court dates as medical and sanitary conditions deteriorate at the camp across the border from Brownsville, Texas, in the Mexican city of Matamoros. Health dangers emerge at growing migrant camp on US border 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z On Christmas Eve 2011, 15 migrants were dragged from a diocesan shelter in Matamoros, and never seen again; scores of disappearances have followed. Back to the border of misery: Amexica revisited 10 years on 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z In Matamoros, Villegas waited three weeks before she was allowed to cross the border bridge to Brownsville, Texas, and claim asylum. For transgender migrants fleeing death threats, asylum in the U.S. is a crapshoot 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z In Matamoros, violence and abuse targeting migrants means many in the MPP program refuse to move to a shelter in the city during their long waits for a U.S. court hearing. Asylum seekers cling to hope, safety in camp at U.S.-Mexico border 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The U.N. refugee agency says border cities in Tamaulipas state, where Matamoros is located, “are among the most insecure and dangerous in the country, which has limited our actions on the ground.” In squalid Mexico tent city, asylum seekers are growing so desperate they're sending their children over the border alone 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Nor did they want to return across the Rio Grande to Texas, if it required travel back through Matamoros. Buses to nowhere: Mexico transports migrants with U.S. court dates to its far south 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Seifert had put me in touch with his opposite number on the Matamoros side of the border, the kind of person these situations throw up, hurricane heroines and heroes of the hour. Back to the border of misery: Amexica revisited 10 years on 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z They said he told them that if they felt unsafe in Matamoros, they should move somewhere “with more gays,” like Mexico City. For transgender migrants fleeing death threats, asylum in the U.S. is a crapshoot 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Matamoros Mayor Mario Lopez described the city as calmer than neighboring towns, because of a truce between two rival drug cartels. Asylum seekers cling to hope, safety in camp at U.S.-Mexico border 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Every day, the U.S. government sends dozens of migrants to Matamoros under MPP. In squalid Mexico tent city, asylum seekers are growing so desperate they're sending their children over the border alone 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Flores Reyes said kidnappers held her and her daughter for a week in Matamoros before they managed to escape with the aid of a fellow Honduran. Buses to nowhere: Mexico transports migrants with U.S. court dates to its far south 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Brownsville is just north of Matamoros, in Mexico’s Tamaulipas state, a violent battleground for drug cartels. Exclusive: U.S. migrant policy sends thousands of babies and toddlers back to Mexico 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z After a visit by immigrant advocates and the mayor of Matamoros, they dispersed in the late afternoon and the lanes reopened to traffic. Asylum Protesters Close Bridge on Texas-Mexico Border 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He crossed the Rio Grande and surrendered to Border Patrol agents, who sent him to Matamoros, Mexico. Trump administration ramps up deportations to Cuba 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Victor and Arleth were sent back to Matamoros on Aug. 28, before tents were available. In squalid Mexico tent city, asylum seekers are growing so desperate they're sending their children over the border alone 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z On Sept. 11, they were sent back to Matamoros with a notice to appear Dec. 16 in immigration court in Harlingen. Buses to nowhere: Mexico transports migrants with U.S. court dates to its far south 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros, two of the cities in the Tamaulipas state people are being returned to, are among the most dangerous in the world. US sends migrants to Mexico’s border towns as it warns citizens of violent crimes in region 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z “Matamoros and Brownsville are one single city, a city joined by a bridge that is now dividing us,” he added. Asylum Protesters Close Bridge on Texas-Mexico Border 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z On Monday, he traveled to Matamoros, Mexico, where hundreds of asylum seekers, in limbo under the Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy for migrants, have created a tent city. Julián Castro’s Mom Always Wanted Him to Be This Outspoken 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Late last month, the Department of Homeland Security set up courts in large white tents next to the border bridges to Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo to hear Remain in Mexico cases. Julián Castro escorts LGBTQ and disabled asylum seekers across Mexican border 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z “When they told us they were sending us back to Matamoros I became very upset,” Flores Reyes said. Buses to nowhere: Mexico transports migrants with U.S. court dates to its far south 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Thousands of others, in border cities from Tijuana to Matamoros, have likely left on their own. How the U.S. Asylum System Is Keeping Migrants at Risk in Mexico 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Last week, a 26-year-old mother and her toddler drowned crossing the river from Matamoros, Mexico — the second parent and child to die there since June. Desperate Migrants on the Border: ‘I Should Just Swim Across’ 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z That rule could dash the hopes of both those stuck here and hundreds of other Africans amassed in Mexican border cities from Tijuana on the Pacific to Matamoros on the Gulf. African migrants stuck in southern Mexico, their American dream on hold 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The camp at the foot of the bridge in Matamoros has grown to hold more than a thousand migrants, most camped in scores of tents. Julián Castro escorts LGBTQ and disabled asylum seekers across Mexican border 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z In July, the Trump administration extended MPP to Matamoros, one of two receiver cities in Tamaulipas, an eastern state so riven by drug cartels that the U.S. After U.S. court ruling, Honduran newlyweds among migrants clinging... 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z The woman’s notice lists her address as a migrant shelter in Matamoros several miles from the primary international bridge near the camp where she is staying. US tells migrant woman 8 months pregnant to wait in Mexico 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Galeano Valdez said she was tired of constantly looking over her shoulder in Matamoros to avoid the nightly shakedowns of asylum seekers by people associated with the cartels. Desperate Migrants on the Border: ‘I Should Just Swim Across’ 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Attorney Jodi Goodwin said the woman was waiting Wednesday with her 3-year-old daughter in a makeshift tent camp in Matamoros, Mexico, next to an international bridge connecting Matamoros to Brownsville, Texas. US tells migrant woman 8 months pregnant to wait in Mexico 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z More than 3,000 have been dispatched across the Rio Grande to Tamaulipas — both to Nuevo Laredo, opposite Laredo, Texas; and to Matamoros, sister city to Brownsville, Texas — since the program was extended in July. Migrants returned to Mexican border towns face threat of kidnapping, extortion 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The $1.65-million program, called Assisted Voluntary Return, is funded by the State Department through next month, when it’s expected to expand east to the border cities of Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros. The U.N. is flying and busing migrants through Mexico back to Central America 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z A Catholic priest, the Rev. José Martín Guzmán Vega, was stabbed to death last week in the northern city of Matamoros. More than two dozen people killed in fiery attack on a Mexican bar 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Even before the Remain in Mexico program, border agents forced migrants to wait in Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo for months at a time to seek asylum under a policy known as “metering.” US, Mexico widen asylum crackdown to push back all migrants 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Some people sent to wait in the Mexican border cities of Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros say they never requested asylum. US, Mexico widen asylum crackdown to push back all migrants 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z The only official presence is a sandbag guard post on the highway between Playa Bagdad and Matamoros, although locals protested at the post this month, saying it was only used to demand bribes. Mexico’s Playa Bagdad mixes sun, sand and drug trafficking 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Last weekend, Atlanta-based nonprofit Lawyers for Good Government flew half a dozen immigration lawyers from across the country to Matamoros to help asylum seekers prepare for upcoming Remain in Mexico court dates. The U.N. is flying and busing migrants through Mexico back to Central America 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The Diocese of Matamoros on Friday identified the victim as Rev. José Martín Guzmán Vega and called on authorities to investigate the killing. Roman Catholic priest stabbed to death in Mexico border city 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Photos of a man and his daughter who drowned at the bank of the river in Matamoros shocked people around the world. US, Mexico widen asylum crackdown to push back all migrants 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said Friday it is busing migrants from the border cities of Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros to southern Chiapas state. Mexico is busing asylum-seeking migrants to southern border 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z U.S. authorities began returning migrants at the Tamaulipas city of Nuevo Laredo, on the border with Laredo, Texas, in early July and a few days later added Matamoros, across from Brownsville. 800 asylum seekers returned to wait in Mexican border city 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The group hopes to establish offices in Matamoros and several other Mexican border cities just as the U.N. agency plans to start busing migrants there home. The U.N. is flying and busing migrants through Mexico back to Central America 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Times staff writer Molly Hennessy-Fiske in Matamoros contributed to this report. Trump deports more Cubans even as he rails against the island's government 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile “remain in Mexico” has gone into effect for another Tamaulipas border city: Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. Hundreds of US returnees dumped in Mexico’s Monterrey 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Meanwhile “remain in Mexico” has gone into effect for another Tamaulipas border city: Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. Hundreds of US returnees dumped in Mexico’s Monterrey 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The U.S. is sending back groups of 50 to 100 migrants almost daily to Matamoros, the Tamaulipas state immigration office says. 800 asylum seekers returned to wait in Mexican border city 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z As soon as the group of lawyers crossed the border bridge from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros on Saturday, hundreds of asylum-seeking families living in tents next to the bridge surrounded them, clutching U.S. immigration paperwork. The U.N. is flying and busing migrants through Mexico back to Central America 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it will implement its “Migrant Protection Protocols” in Brownsville, Texas, across the border from Matamoros, Mexico. US expands ‘Remain in Mexico’ at dangerous part of border 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Officers seized the drugs July 1 after they stopped a 42-year-old man from Brownsville, Texas, at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge, the agency reported. CBP finds $1.7M in methamphetamine inside SUV at US-Mexico border 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The father and daughter were swept away by the current in the river between Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas. Bodies of drowned father and daughter returned to El Salvador for burial 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Sensing the danger or already knowing Tamaulipas’ reputation, some migrants quickly disperse upon reaching Matamoros in search of lodging and are not seen in the streets. 800 asylum seekers returned to wait in Mexican border city 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z This month, they crossed the Rio Grande illegally and were returned to Matamoros by Border Patrol under Remain in Mexico. The U.N. is flying and busing migrants through Mexico back to Central America 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Thousands of people are already camped in Matamoros, at the eastern edge of the U.S.-Mexico border. US expands ‘Remain in Mexico’ at dangerous part of border 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The father and daughter were swept away by the current in the Rio Grande between Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas. Salvadoran president says his country is to blame for migrants drowning in Rio Grande 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Migrant advocates, meanwhile, held vigils Sunday for six migrants who died attempting to cross the river last week, including a Salvadoran father and his toddler daughter found in Matamoros. Migrants contemplate dangerous crossings despite border deaths and detention conditions 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z The father and daughter were swept up in a current between Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas. Drowned migrants return to El Salvador for burial 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Their bodies were discovered Monday morning near Matamoros, Mexico, across from Brownsville, Texas, less than a mile from an international border bridge. A photo from the Rio Grande captures the tragic end for a father and daughter 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Matamoros is in Mexico’s Tamaulipas state, which the U.S. government warns citizens not to visit due to violence and kidnappings. US expands ‘Remain in Mexico’ at dangerous part of border 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z When they arrived in Matamoros on Sunday, they had been traveling through Mexico for two months, relatives said. The father and daughter who drowned at the border were desperate for a better life, family says 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Mejia had arrived in Matamoros from Honduras with her husband and three children on May 8. Migrant: Young family ignored advice against border swim 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The international bridge at Matamoros, Mexico, was closed that day. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z They washed ashore about half-a-mile away from the international bridge which connects Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas. Rush Limbaugh rips Democrats for accusing Trump of killing migrants 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The two were swept away by the current Sunday near Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas. Drowned man’s mother: Photo ‘shocking,’ also ‘tenderness’ 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z But the farthest the family got was an international bridge in Matamoros, Mexico. The father and daughter who drowned at the border were desperate for a better life, family says 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z On Sunday, Martínez decided to make that journey, swimming with Valeria from Matamoros to the Texas side of the Rio Grande, where he left her on the riverbank and started back to get his wife. Migrant: Young family ignored advice against border swim 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The Tamaulipas government official said the family arrived in Matamoros early Sunday and went to the U.S. Father-daughter border drowning underlines peril facing many migrants 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z A few months ago there were about 1,800 people waiting in Matamoros for an asylum interview. 'They wanted the American dream': reporter reveals story behind tragic photo 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z While unclear in its details, the agreement appears to raise the possibility that the return to Mexico process — currently in place in Tijuana, Mexicali and Ciudad Juarez — would be expanded to Reynosa and Matamoros. Mexico dodged tariffs, but still could face major costs under new U.S. deal 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z State Department advises its citizens to steer clear of the entire state of Tamaulipas, where Matamoros is located, “due to crime and kidnapping.” The father and daughter who drowned at the border were desperate for a better life, family says 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, migrant shelters on the Mexico side are overflowing, and in places like Tamaulipas state, where Matamoros is, cartels and gangs extort, kidnap and murder migrants. Migrant: Young family ignored advice against border swim 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Picket lines continue at the local Coca-Cola bottling plant in Matamoros. Mexican police break up 3 wildcat blockades at border plants 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z He was born in Matamoros, Mexico, and lived for most of his childhood in Mexico with his mother, moving to the South Texas city of Brownsville as a teenager. Border Officer’s Secret in Arizona: He Was Undocumented 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z "It is a U.S. policy that once again subordinates Mexico's immigration policy," said Oscar Misael Hernandez, an immigration researcher at the College of the Northern Border in Matamoros. Mexico's leftist president creates new style of government 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z “It is a U.S. policy that once again subordinates Mexico’s immigration policy,” said Oscar Misael Hernandez, an immigration researcher at the College of the Northern Border in Matamoros. Mexico’s leftist president creates new style of government 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z She has a daughter with a brain tumor who needs surgery, but they have some relatives in Matamoros who they have been able to stay with, she said. Migrant: Young family ignored advice against border swim 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Matamoros added that increased access to work opportunities could lessen the likelihood of recidivism. Made on the Inside, Worn on the Outside 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z “Immediate intervention is of vital importance to control the crisis that Matamoros is living through,” Index said on its Twitter account. Mexico factory owners plead for president to intervene in border strikes 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z “Companies pay more money to protection unions than the bonuses that the striking workers are asking for in Matamoros,” he said. 'We won't be trampled on': striking Mexican workers vow to fight the fight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z But more than 20 years later, the Gulf cartel remains alive in Matamoros, Mexico, directly across the border from Brownsville, Tex. El Chapo Is Behind Bars, but Drugs Still Flow From Mexico 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z About 25,000 workers staged a mass walkout at 48 "maquiladora" assembly plants in the border city of Matamoros beginning in January and won 20 percent wages hikes and bonuses. Combative Mexican union leader forms new labor federation 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z About 25,000 workers staged a mass walkout at 48 “maquiladora” assembly plants in the border city of Matamoros beginning in January and won 20 percent wages hikes and bonuses. Combative Mexican union leader forms new labor federation 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z At least one auto-parts maker shuttered its plant in Matamoros due to the strike, according to local news reports. Mexico factory owners plead for president to intervene in border strikes 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z The strikes have spread like wildfire in Matamoros, a city of 450,000 which sits across the border from Brownsville, Texas and has become a magnet for impoverished workers from across the country. 'We won't be trampled on': striking Mexican workers vow to fight the fight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Since the 1990s, many companies in Matamoros, which is across the border from Brownsville, Texas, signed contracts indexed to minimum wage hikes. Mexican president unleashes labor unrest at border plants 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The Union of Maquiladora Industry Industrial Workers of Matamoros said Tuesday about 20 companies with a total of 27 plants agreed to raise wages and pay workers a one-time bonus of about $1,685. Mexican border strikers win agreements at 27 of 45 plants 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The Union of Maquiladora Industry Industrial Workers of Matamoros said Monday that 15 companies with a total of 17 plants agreed to raise wages and pay a one-time bonus of about $1,685. Mexican union reaches pay deal with 17 of 48 border plants 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z The government of Tamaulipas state said at least one company announced plans to leave the city of Matamoros. 25,000 workers strike at Mexico border factories 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z There have already been some victories: 48 maquiladoras represented by the Matamoros Industrial Workers and Labourers’ Union announced a settlement to end their stoppages on 9 February, “having met the demands of our unionised workers”. 'We won't be trampled on': striking Mexican workers vow to fight the fight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z The Labor Department refused to confirm that, saying only that it sent mediators to Matamoros to try to defuse the dispute. Mexican president unleashes labor unrest at border plants 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z They drove him to the border and dumped him out in Matamoros. Perspective | My immigrant client won a judge’s compassion. ICE still dumped him on the border. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Esperanza Vargas, who fled Nicaragua with her 18-year-old son, waited for weeks next to the Mexican side of the bridge connecting Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas. Families keep trying to cross border, wall or no wall 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z “Here in this country they just kill,” said Matamoros. 'A death sentence': migrant caravan member killed in Honduras after US sent him back 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Abdio Lorenzo moved to Matamoros 20 years ago from Veracruz and now employs 32 people in a company handling chemical waste. 'We won't be trampled on': striking Mexican workers vow to fight the fight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z “Unfortunately, people here in Matamoros live on very low salaries,” Zuniga said. Mexican president unleashes labor unrest at border plants 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z On Tuesday in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, a group of 55 asylum seekers camped at the foot of bridges, waiting to cross into Brownsville, Texas. The reality on the border differs widely from Trump's 'crisis' description 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Shelters in Mexican border cities such as Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez and Matamoros are already mostly full, according to human rights advocates. Mexican immigration chief says his country is unprepared for the deal it made with the U.S. on asylum seekers 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Others who benefited included a former New Mexico state cabinet secretary, a former adviser to a Mexican presidential candidate and two brothers who ran gas stations in Matamoros, Mexico. He’s Built an Empire, With Detained Migrant Children as the Bricks 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Despite the winter chill in the air, the mood on the picket line outside the Matamoros Coca-Cola bottling plant was optimistic. 'We won't be trampled on': striking Mexican workers vow to fight the fight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z “I came here because I thought it would be faster,” said Cuban asylum seeker Ronald Padron, 37, who had waited 26 days at the Matamoros bridge. Why and how are asylum seekers entering the U.S.? 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Officials at Mexico’s National Institute of Migration office at the city’s new bridge declined to comment, as did the institute’s Grupos Beta Matamoros. Asylum seekers blocked at Texas border bridges say Mexican officials are demanding money to let them pass 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Asylum seekers surged into Matamoros and surrounding Tamaulipas state even before a migrant caravan arrived in Tijuana last week. Down on the border, Texas volunteers open their homes and hearts to asylum seekers 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Volunteers soon arrive to take them to the international bridge further south in Matamoros, where she hears they’re more lenient. America’s border wars: my week in a land of trauma 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Alvarez and about two dozen other people are waiting in Matamoros, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, because U.S. customs officers say there’s no space to process them. Migrants camped at border worry caravans will shut them out 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z |
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