October 16, 2019 British family detained after making wrong turn on vacation in Canada, crossing border into US A British family visiting Canada was taken into custody earlier this month after they accidentally took a wrong turn and crossed the northern border into the U.S., their lawyer said in a report published Monday.
October 15, 2019 13 Mexican police officers murdered by suspected cartel gunmen in bloody ambush A group of armed gunmen believed to be part of a powerful drug cartel in Mexico ambushed a police convoy, killing at least 13 officers and wounding 9.
October 14, 2019 California man who escaped to Mexico after alleged kidnapping, rape of teen girl arrested, investigators say California authorities on Monday announced the arrest of a man who fled to Mexico to avoid arrest in the 2002 rape of a 16-year-old girl.
October 10, 2019 Ecuadorian anti-government protesters show off captive police officers Anti-government proters in Ecuador's capital paraded captive police officers Thursday, more than a week after the country plunged into deadly unrest over fuel price hikes and other austerity measures.
October 9, 2019 Ecuador's military warns against violence as residents strike over fuel price increases Ecuador’s military is warning the country’s residents Wednesday to obey the law as its embattled president is trying to negotiate with dozens of indigenous groups that have been protesting recent fuel price hikes.
October 8, 2019 Ecuador's government flees capital as violent protests erupt in wake of fuel price hikes Ecuador’s president is accusing his political rivals of trying to orchestrate a coup this week after violent protests tied to rising fuel prices forced his government to relocate away from the country’s capital.
October 6, 2019 Hurricane Dorian stunner: Bahamas dog survives in rubble for weeks, rescuers say A special little pup that was trapped for weeks in the rubble of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas miraculously survived, rescuers said, earning the animal a new nickname, "Miracle."
October 6, 2019 National Geographic reporter shot while conducting interview in Mexico An American journalist for National Geographic was shot in the leg in Juarez, Mexico, on Friday while recording an interview with a purported drug dealer for a story about the violence in the border city.
October 3, 2019 Ex-Colombian politician imprisoned for buying votes makes jailbreak during dental appointment She went to get a cleaning, and then made a clean break of her own.
October 2, 2019 Suspected drug smugglers clung to floating bales of cocaine for hours in shark-infested waters: cops When their boat sank off the coast of Columbia on Sunday, three suspected drug smugglers survived out in the open waters by clinging to the only thing that was floating: their product.
