A Mexico-bound flight that took off from Houston was forced to return for a rather unusual reason - volcanic ash.

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have both recently signaled new openness to winding down the state’ border security operation.

Mexico is facing a second Donald Trump presidency, and few countries can match its experience as a target of Trump’s rhetoric: There have been threats to close the border, impose tariffs and even send U.S. forces to fight Mexican drug cartels if the country doesn’t do more to stem the flow of migrants and drugs.

The amendment to a 1944 treaty will help Mexico catch up with its water deliveries to the U.S. and might help Rio Grande Valley farmers devastated by low rainfall.

Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election instantly changed calculations for millions of migrants or potential migrants across the globe.

Cuba has been left reeling after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across western portions of the island, knocking out the country’s power grid, downing trees and damaging infrastructure.

Arizona voters have approved letting local police arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the state from Mexico.

A journalist who covered the violent western Mexico state of Michoacan for a Facebook news page has been shot to death.

“Pan de muerto," or “bread of the dead,” is freshly baked in Mexico ahead of Day of the Dead celebrations.

Donald Trump has promised to stage the largest mass deportation in U.S. history if elected.

Farmers say they want the water, but not if it goes against the allotment they need for the spring planting season.

Hazel Eileen Diaz received nearly $40,000 in cash and money transfers for letting human smugglers use her rental properties.

Forecasters say Hurricane Kristy has strengthened into a Category 4 storm and is expected to remain away from land as it churns in the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico fell 7% in September to a more than four-year low.

Distinguished bartender and mixologist Alba Huerta stops by Houston Life to chat about her Mexican ancestry and how she celebrates Día de los Muertos at Julep, her award-winning bar in Houston.

Hundreds of people have turned out for the burial of Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas.

Mexico's new president has announced an agriculture plan that could make the country's food production and distribution look a lot more like it did in the 1980s.

Hundreds of people have turned out to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas.

Mexican officials say schools have six months to implement a government-sponsored ban on junk food or face heavy fines.

Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez has been killed in Mexico.

A longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court appeared for the first time before the judge presiding over the case.

Assailants have fired a dozen gunshots at a building housing the newspaper El Debate in the embattled northern state of Sinaloa.

During a tense debate with U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, Flores attacked Gonzalez for being soft on border security, then suggested requiring residents to prove citizenship in some instances was appropriate.

A former Olympic snowboarder for Canada has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring that authorities say shipped vast amounts of cocaine across the Americas and killed four people.

A U.S. indictment unsealed in the District of Columbia claims that the leader of one of Mexico's most violent gangs continued to control an offshoot group, the Northeast Cartel, from inside a Mexican prison.

Back in the 19th century, migrant miners from Cornwall, in the southwest of England, brought their pastries to the Mexican mining town of Real del Monte.

Fisher-Price is recalling parts of over 2 million infant swings across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

A new mayor has been sworn in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor was killed and beheaded less than a week after taking office.

Mexico has sent 660 soldiers and militarized National Guard officers to the western state of Michoacan to protect lime growers who complained they were suffering extortion demands by cartels.

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Relatives have buried the mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico who was killed less than one week after he took office.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Milton has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether to block a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against leading U.S. gun manufacturers over allegations their commercial practices have helped caused much bloodshed there.

The Republican challenger trying to flip the U.S. Senate seat in swing-state Pennsylvania says he'll press for U.S. military action in Mexico to target fentanyl trafficking networks.

Mark your calendars for Nov. 1 as Discovery Green transforms into a vibrant celebration of life, culture, and remembrance with its Día de Los Muertos festival.

Tropical Storm John came ashore on Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Thursday, coming back to life for a second landfall after its previous deadly passage through the country earlier in the week.

Vice President Kamala Harris has used her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee to try to project a tougher stance on illegal migration.

Forecasters are warning that Hurricane Helene will intensify into a major storm before striking Florida and further inland as it heads northward across the Gulf of Mexico.

Two major weather systems are bringing heavy rain, high winds and more to Mexico’s southern Pacific coast on one side and the Caribbean on the other.

Hurricane John fell apart as quickly as it formed but left destruction along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, including deadly mudslides and flooding that may linger.

Forecasters have issued hurricane watches for parts of Cuba and Mexico as a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands could strengthen in upcoming days as it moves north toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance may become Hurricane Helene on Wednesday as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

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Former President Donald Trump has repeated false claims that Chinese automakers are putting up large factories in Mexico.

At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash.

Authorities in Mexico say six people have been killed in a landslide near Mexico City.

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August.

Huge celebrations across the U.S. are expected to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, an annual tradition that showcases the awe-inspiring diversity and culture of Hispanic people.

Authorities in Mexico’s Los Cabos area have been warning people to stay inside.

Mexico is poised to amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected as part of a judicial overhaul championed by the outgoing president but slammed by critics as a blow to the country’s rule of law.

Tropical Storm Francine has strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to make landfall as a hurricane at mid-week in Louisiana.

After 16 years on the run, Juan Gonzalez, wanted for two separate murders in Houston from 2007 and 2008, has been arrested in Mexico.

The European climate service Copernicus says Earth just sweltered to its hottest summer on record.

Pato O’Ward remained in the headlines Saturday by winning the first race of a doubleheader at the Milwaukee Mile, where he has spent the weekend questioning IndyCar leadership for allowing NASCAR to beat the series to a race in Mexico City.

Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hone has formed in the central Pacific Ocean.

Guatemalan police have arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas after being abandoned in a tractor trailer in the scorching summer heat.

A new Biden administration program will allow some spouses of U.S. citizens living in the U.S. illegally to gain legal status without leaving the country.

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of asylum being temporarily suspended.

Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will continue to live with less water next year from the Colorado River after the U.S. government Thursday announced water cuts preserving the status quo.

The Biden administration says it will soon expand areas where migrants can apply online for appointments to enter the United States to a large swath of southern Mexico.

U.S. arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico during July have plummeted to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, raising prospects a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon.

A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court has ruled.

A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries have set out on foot from Tapachula, a city in southern Mexico, as they attempt to reach the U.S.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three Mexican accountants and four firms allegedly linked to a timeshare fraud ring run by the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel.

Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plunged 29% in June to the lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency.

The pet rail project of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could wind up costing as much as $30 billion.

Sophia Smith scored in the 64th minute and the United States got revenge for a loss to Mexico earlier this year with a 1-0 victory in the rematch on Saturday.

Prosecutors in northern Mexico say they’ll investigate after the body of a long-missing man was found after months lying unidentified in a state morgue.

A small museum in Nashville is returning 255 pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico.

The Biden administration is imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum shipped from Mexico that were made elsewhere.

Beryl regained hurricane strength over the weekend after a short downgrade to a tropical storm as it weakened over land.

After hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and downgrading to a tropical storm, Beryl is expected to once again become a hurricane as it hurtles towards southern Texas by Sunday evening.

What Houston can expect as Beryl approaches its final landfall in Texas.

Authorities say several shark attacks have disrupted Fourth of July celebrations at South Padre Island, with one man being taken to the hospital for a severe bite.

Hurricane Beryl continues its track across the Caribbean Sea Thursday.

Hurricane Beryl has ripped off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95% of homes on a pair of islands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

After leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean and at least nine people dead, Hurricane Beryl has strengthened back into a Category 3 storm as it chugs over open water toward Mexico’s resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula.

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Hurricane Beryl remains a dangerous category 4 storm as of Wednesday afternoon.

Hurricane Beryl remains a major category 4 storm as of 10 p.m. Wednesday.

With summer in full swing, many tourists and vacationers may have plans to travel to Cancun, and with Beryl approaching, some people may have concerns about what to do if they need to cancel plans to the area.

It's 100 years since the Caesar salad is said to have been invented on the Fourth of July at a restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico.

Caesar salad has something to celebrate: It’s turning 100.

Someone from Mexico won more than $1 million on a winning Texas Two Step ticket purchased at an HEB store in South Texas.

At 10 p.m., Tropical Depression 3 intensified into Tropical Storm Chris.

Salomón Rondón scored on a penalty kick in the 57th minute, and Venezuela advanced to the Copa America quarterfinals with 1-0 victory over Mexico.

The two major reservoirs in South Texas remain near or at record lows, which poses a threat to the region’s agricultural industry and residential users alike.

Gerardo Arteaga scored from the edge of the penalty area in the 69th minute, and Mexico beat Jamaica 1-0 in its Copa America opener.

With one system gone, our eyes now turn to potentially another system that could develop in the same area Alberto did this week.

Our next chance of rain comes from the tropics

Mexico's health ministry has tallied at least 125 heat-related deaths this year.

Tropical Storm Alberto is rumbling toward northeast Mexico as the first named storm of the season, carrying heavy rains that left three people dead but also brought hope to a region suffering under a prolonged, severe drought.

The first tropical system of the year is missing the United States, but that doesn’t mean we’re not feeling the impacts.

Tropical Storm Alberto is causing flooding and heavy rainfall across Galveston County and Surfside Beach, with residents already experiencing high water levels. The storm is expected to make landfall in northern Mexico on Thursday, bringing up to 10 inches of rain to some areas. Stay safe and prepare for potential flash floods and strong winds.

Our next chance of rain comes from the tropics

A highway accident involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico's June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality.

Amid Mexico's heat wave and drought, suffering birds are getting air-conditioning and monkeys with heatstroke are being rescued by non-governmental groups.

President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border.

A second arrest has been made in an international murder investigation that has centered around the Splendora area.

President Joe Biden has ordered a halt to asylum processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a threshold deemed excessive.