Maria Verza, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

People gather outside after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake was felt in Mexico City, Monday.

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Strong quake shakes Mexico’s Pacific coast

by Fabiola SAnchez Associated Press, and Maria Verza Associated PressSeptember 19, 2022

MEXICO CITY — A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico’s central Pacific coast on Monday, killing at least one person and setting off a seismic alarm in the rattled capital on the anniversary of two earlier devastating quakes.There were at least some…

In this government handout photo, agents escort Rafael Caro Quintero in Sinaloa state, Mexico, Friday.

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Extradition process begins for Mexican drug lord

by Maria Verza Associated PressJuly 17, 2022

A portrait is seen in a phone case as a migrant arrives at a humanitarian center after they were released from United States Border Patrol upon crossing the Rio Grande and turning themselves in seeking asylum, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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For many Haitians, journey to Texas started online

by Juan A. Lozano Associated Press, Maria Verza Associated Press, and Julie Watson Associated PressSeptember 23, 2021

Migrants, many from Haiti, are seen in an encampment along the Del Rio International Bridge near the Rio Grande, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Border migrant camp shrinks as removals ramp up

by Maria Verza Associated Press, and Juan Lozano Associated PressSeptember 23, 2021

Migrants are released from United States Border Patrol custody at a humanitarian center, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Officials: Many migrants released in US

by Elliot Spagat Associated Press, Maria Verza Associated Press, and Juan A. Lozano Associated PressSeptember 22, 2021

Central American migrants cross the Suchiate River from Mexico to Guatemala, near Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Tuesday.

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Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to Honduras

by Maria Verza Associated Press, and Sonia Perez D. Associated PressJanuary 21, 2020

Central American migrants and others look on along the border structure, in Tijuana, Mexico Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Migrants in a caravan of Central Americans scrambled to reach the U.S. border, catching rides on buses and trucks for hundreds of miles in the last leg of their journey Wednesday as the first sizable groups began arriving in the border city of Tijuana. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Migrant caravan groups arrive by hundreds at US border

by Elliot Spagat Associated Press, and Maria Verza Associated PressNovember 14, 2018

Rescue workers continue searching for survivors inside a felled office building brought down by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake, in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

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Searchers dig as Mexico City reopens just 1% of schools

by Maria Verza Associated PressSeptember 25, 2017

Rescue workers and volunteers stand in the middle of the street after an earthquake alarm sounded and a small tremor was felt during rescue operations at the site of a collapsed building in Roma Norte, in Mexico City, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. All rescue workers atop the rubble were able to evacuate safely via an adjacent building.

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New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico

by Peter Orsi Associated Press, Maria Verza Associated Press, and Gisela Salomon Associated PressSeptember 23, 2017

Family members embrace as they wait for news of their relatives outside a quake-collapsed seven-story building in Mexico City's Roma Norte neighborhood, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Mexican officials are promising to keep up the search for survivors as rescue operations stretch into a fourth day following Tuesday's major earthquake that devastated Mexico City and nearby states. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Families of missing in Mexico quake still hold out hope

by Christopher Sherman Associated Press, and Maria Verza Associated PressSeptember 22, 2017