Extra: Mexico, a neighbor in trouble
Investigative journalist Ramon Garza explains to Byron Pitts why Americans should care about the drug war happening right across the border.
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Extra: Militarizing The Border
The government has spent billions beefing up border security. Professor David FitzGerald, Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC San Diego, tells "60 Minutes" Correspondent Scott Pelley the effort has only made the problem worse.
Extra: Illegal Immigration - The Hard Facts
Professor David FitzGerald, Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC San Diego briefs "60 Minutes" Correspondent Scott Pelley on illegal immigration from Mexico.
Extra: Border Control
"The U.S. has never had control of its southern borders." That's according to Professor David FitzGerald, Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC San Diego.
2nd warrant filed for escaped drug lord El Chapo
Federal prosecutors' office said new warrant is for U.S. charges of organized crime, money laundering drug trafficking, homicide and more
Mexico's most wanted man arrested
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most wanted man, was arrested in a joint U.S.-Mexican operation. Authorities say Guzman ran an international heroin and cocaine empire worth billions of dollars
U.S. seeks extradition of Mexican drug lord El Chapo
Joaquin Guzman, known as "El Chapo," was the top supplier of illegal drugs in the U.S.
Making sense of the upheaval in Ukraine
Bobby Ghosh and CBS News' Margaret Brennan discuss the unrest in Ukraine and the recent arrest of a Mexican drug kingpin
Mexico arrests cartel figure in disappearance of 43 students
Authorities say the college students were killed and incinerated at a garbage dump
GOP debate fact check: Trump on Mexican citizenship
The businessman also said that almost no countries have it and only the U.S. is "dumb enough" to grant automatic citizenship
Mexico demands "transparent" tourist killing investigation in Egypt
Right after Egypt swears to an open inquiry, state prosecutor places gag order banning all media, both local and foreign, from discussing the case
Egyptian forces mistakenly open fire on tourist convoy
Officials say least 12 killed, including Mexican tourists, as security forces pursuing "terrorist elements" take aim at vehicles in country's south
Gulf of Mexico gas well ignites after explosion
A natural gas well in the Gulf of Mexico is on fire following an explosion off the coast of Louisiana
Second death linked to salmonella in cucumbers
More than 340 people in 30 states have gotten sick from contaminated cucumbers
Why this is the age of "megafires"
Go straight to the fireline with a team of "hot shot" firefighters, and learn why this is the age of "the megafire." Scott Pelley reports for 60 Minutes in 2007.
Exclusive: Is The U.S. Next?
Alex Marti is one of Mexico's most noted businessmen. His 14-year-old son Fernando was kidnapped and murdered in 2008.
Author On Sandra Avila Beltran
Julio Scherer Garcia, author of "Queen of the Pacific: It's Time To Talk," talks to 60 Minutes about alleged trafficker Sandra Avila Beltran.
Independent report dismisses Mexico account on missing students
The nation's attorney general to call for a new probe into the case in which the government had claimed the 43 students were incinerated
In new video game, players take aim at Donald Trump
Mexican game developers came up with a creative method to strike back at the Republican presidential candidate
Walker campaign walks back Canada border wall idea
Wisconsin governor said it was a "legitimate" idea in an interview Sunday; fellow GOP candidate had called it "a pretty dumb idea"
Trump's plan for deportation mirrors 1930s action
Mexican immigrants, even those here legally, were forced out of the country during the Great Depression
Mexico adoption-for-cash scheme took babies from mothers
Official says at least 9 cases found; "There may be many more, from years back, and some of these children could be 20 years old by now"
Big cats, coyote airlifted from Mexico to U.S. sanctuary
Lions, lynxes and puma taken from zoos and circuses where they were often mistreated; coyote was used in witchcraft ceremonies
Trump vows to stop eating Oreos, citing move to Mexico
Republican front-runner says decision to close Chicago cookie plant and move production to Mexico prompted his decision
New U.S. embassies come at a hefty price for taxpayers
Critics say planned new U.S. Embassy in Mexico a "fiasco"; costs have ballooned from $577 million to $763 million
Senate vote on ending shutdown fails for 11th time on Day 20
The government shutdown extended into Day 20 on Monday as the Senate failed to advance a House-passed measure to end the impasse for an 11th time.
Japan getting its first female prime minister, ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi
Japan's parliament has elected hawk Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister. Her win happens to come ahead of a scheduled visit by President Trump next week.
Comey seeks to have indictment tossed for vindictive prosecution
Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey called the criminal charges against him an "egregious abuse of power" driven by "President Trump's personal animus."
Possible mass shooting stopped at Atlanta airport, police say
Police say a phone call from the suspect's family and the hard work of officers may have stopped the man from taking dozens of lives.
DOJ fires 2 prosecutors who opposed charges against N.Y. Atty. Gen. Letitia James
The Trump administration fired Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kristin Bird and Elizabeth Yusi Friday, according to a source familiar with the matter.
New court filings reveal who DOJ alleges Comey authorized to leak info
A new court filing by James Comey's attorneys definitively answers a lingering question about the criminal charges against the former FBI director: who is "Person 3"?
Biden completes round of radiation therapy to treat aggressive prostate cancer
A Biden spokeswoman confirmed the former president finished several weeks of radiation therapy treatment Monday.
Open enrollment may bring sticker shock as health insurance set to surge
With open enrollment starting soon, employees could get sticker shock, with their costs expected to rise 6% to 7% for 2026, a new study says.
See the jewels the Louvre thieves stole — and one they didn't get away with
The Louvre, the world's most iconic museum, remained closed Monday after thieves stole priceless treasures from the Apollon Gallery, the home of the French crown jewels.