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Dozens of Bodies Found in Mexican Border State
By not in system - AOL NewsMEXICO CITY -- Fifty-nine bodies were found buried Wednesday in a series of pits in the northern Mexico state of Tamaulipas, near the site where suspected drug gang members massacred 72 migrants last summer, officials said. Security forces investigating reports that a passenger bus had been hijacked in the area conducted a raid that netted 11 suspected kidnappers and freed five kidnap victims. Then they made a grisly discovery - a total of eight pits, containing a total of 59 corpses. One of the pits held 43 dead. The bodies are being examined to determine whether they were bus passengers ...
Somali Pirates Hijack Yacht Owned by American Couple
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsPirates hijacked a yacht carrying four U.S. citizens off the Somali coast, Somalia's U.N. Mission said Friday. Omar Jamal, first secretary at the Somali mission, identified the yacht to the Associated Press as the S/V Quest. The identities of the four hostages have not been released, but a website chronicling the ship's journey says it is owned by Jean and Scott Adam, a couple on a worldwide mission distributing Bibles. svquest.com Somali pirates hijacked the S/V Quest, owned by American couple Jean and Scott Adam. The yacht was about 275 miles from the coast of Oman, in the ...
Tropical Storm Richard May Reach Hurricane Strength
By Paul Yeager - AOL News
(Oct. 22) -- Tropical Storm Richard is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and pound parts of Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico through early next week. Life-threatening flooding is a risk in this region, which already has been hard hit during the Atlantic hurricane season. National Hurricane Center meteorologists predict that Richard will pass to the north of northeastern Nicaragua and northern Honduras this weekend before making a direct landfall in Belize or the southern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula later Sunday night or early Monday. Richard will produce ...
Matthew Drops to Depression, Soaks Central America
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GUATEMALA CITY (Sept. 25) -- Matthew weakened to a tropical depression Saturday along the coast of Belize, dousing the southern part of the Central American nation and neighboring Guatemala with rain that caused flooding in coastal areas. Guatemalan authorities urged people to stay off the roads as floods hit several towns in eastern and northern Guatemala. Civil Defense operations commander Sergio Cabanas said flooding was reported in Izabal and Peten provinces, and there were concerns about people staying in their homes. "The problem is that people have refused to be taken to shelters, ...
Tropical Storm Matthew Likely to Become Hurricane
By Paul Yeager - AOL News(Sept. 23) -- The 13th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Matthew, has formed in the Caribbean Sea, and the storm is likely to become a dangerous hurricane in the coming days. Matthew will first impact Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, but it may later pose a threat to the United States. As of 11 p.m. EDT, Matthew had sustained winds of 45 mph and was located about 330 miles to the east of the Nicaragua/Honduras border. National Hurricane Center forecasters expect the storm to strengthen steadily, becoming a full-fledged hurricane, perhaps as early ...
How Hurricane Karl Got So Strong So Fast
By Paul Yeager - AOL News(Sept. 17) -- Karl may not have looked like a storm capable of exploding into a 120-mph major hurricane after crossing the Yucatan Peninsula as a tropical storm, but that's exactly what it did -- in less than 24 hours, no less. The rapid intensification quickly raised the danger level for residents along the Mexican coast. Karl made its second landfall late this morning, 11:30 local time, on the southwest coast of Mexico, about 10 miles north of Veracruz. The wind speed at landfall was estimated at 115 mph, making it a Category 3 storm. Conditions that tend to inhibit a storm's growth -- ...
Bombs Explode as Mexico Mourns Massacred Migrants
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Aug. 29) -- A bomb exploded Saturday just three blocks away from a mass being conducted for 72 migrants found murdered at a ranch in northern Mexico, state media reported. Three people were injured in the blast in the city of Reynosa, the state-run Notimex news agency reported. Mourners had gathered nearby at a memorial service for the Central and South American migrants whose bullet-ridden bodies were found earlier this week. "We condemn these types of acts that violate social peace and ... harm human beings, offend other nations, whose only error is not to have enough resources to retain ...
Dengue Fever Cases Reported in Parts of Florida
By not in system - AOL News(July 24) -- Once almost wiped out by a pesticide no longer in use, dengue fever is rearing its ugly head again in areas of Florida. The disease, which is sometimes called "break-bone fever" for the crushing pain it inflicts, has shown up in some parts of the state, including tourist playground Key West. There also have been a handful of confirmed cases in Central Florida, Orlando NBC affiliate WESH reported this week. That's enough to get health officials worried. Joe Raedle, Getty Images Lawrence Smart from Miami-Dade Mosquito Control looks for mosquito larvae in vehicle tires where water ...
Ecuador Authorities, DEA Seize Drug-Smuggling Sub
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (July 3) - The Drug Enforcement Administration said Saturday it has helped seize a submarine capable of transporting tons of cocaine. DEA officials said that the diesel electric-powered submarine was constructed in a remote jungle and captured near a tributary close to the Ecuador-Colombia border. Ecuadorian authorities seized the sub before it could make its maiden voyage. AP Photo/Ecuadorian National Police/DEA The Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed it helped seize this diesel electric-powered submarine, which was constructed in a remote jungle and captured near a ...
Strengthening Alex Expected to Become Hurricane
By not in system - AOL NewsVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (June 29) -- A strengthening Tropical Storm Alex was expected to become a hurricane Tuesday as it swirled toward the Gulf coast of northern Mexico and southern Texas, where authorities were readying emergency shelters and distributing sandbags. Forecasters said the storm's likely path would take it away from the site of the huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill off Louisiana's coast, but added that it might push oil farther inland and disrupt cleanup efforts. Alex had maximum sustained winds near 70 mph (110 kph) early Tuesday, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami ...
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