Despite the declaration and serious drought situation in Sonora, some don't think it's likely that the state's massive agricultural will have to reduce acreage as a result.

After the tragic deaths of dozens of Central American and Mexican migrants in an abandoned trailer in Texas, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called for an expansion of temporary work visas.

He responded to the announcement on Twitter, saying he expects to be given an opportunity by authorities to demonstrate the legality of his assets.

Mexican leaders are pushing back on a new plan to detain border crossers announced this week by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, calling it a political stunt.

Mexico is set to begin placing concrete blocks around a protected area in the uppermost part of the Gulf of California. It’s part of an effort to keep fishing nets out of the habitat of the critically endangered vaquita marina porpoise.

In the ensuing shootout, one soldier was killed, but the arrests were successful, according to Mexico's president.

Femicide has been recognized and punished as a crime in neighboring Sonora, Mexico, for nearly a decade. But some advocates worry legislative efforts to reform the penal code could make it less effective.

This August will mark eight years since a spill at a copper mine in Sonora sent millions of gallons of toxic waste into the Rio Sonora. But residents say they are just beginning to see progress in addressing the damage.

Federal officials say 11 arrests have been made, but that the hunt is still on for the principle suspect, who Sonoran officials are on the lookout for if he crosses into the state.