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MEXICO CITY – Migrant rights activists said Tuesday that about 200 Central American migrants hope to re-start a journey to hold a “Viacrucis” protest in Mexico City, after highway immigration checkpoints stymied their trip last week. For several years, migrants have carried wooden crosses in protest marches in Mexico around …

MEXICO CITY – Gunfights and blockades of burning vehicles have been reported in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen, Texas. The U.S. consulate in Matamoros said in message Friday that it had “learned of several firefights and roadblocks throughout the city of Reynosa,” and it recommended that …

BEIRUT – The Lebanese army says it arrested eight wanted militants, including a soldier who deserted to join the Islamic State group and four Syrians. An army statement late Thursday said the arrests came during a raid earlier in the day in the northern town of Akkar. The eight are …