In the late 1990s, when Gaby Moreno was 17, she sat in a classroom in her native Guatemala and penned a poem. Originally written in Spanish, it has lines emblematic of teenage longing for change and a realized selfhood: “Maybe the wind will roar more violently today. … Maybe at this point I don’t know where I’m going.”

The search for victims of the March 26 Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore has ended after the body of José Mynor López, 37, was recovered this week. On Tuesday, May, 7, city officials shared that Unified Command salvage teams discovered the sixth and final victim who died after a cargo ship collided with the structure causing eight construction workers to fall into the body of water below them. “Maryland State Police investigators along with officers from the Maryland Transportation Authority Police and the FBI responded to the scene...

(BALTIMORE) — The body of the last missing construction worker killed in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March has been recovered, officials announced Tuesday as demolition crews prepared to use explosives in the ongoing cleanup effort. Officials said the crew of the Dali will remain on board the grounded container ship while crews conduct a controlled demolition to break down the largest remaining span of the fallen bridge. The steel span landed on the ship’s bow after the Dali lost power and crashed into one of...

Washington is redoubling efforts to disrupt migration routes that lead to the United States, in particular via charter flights to Central America, top diplomat Antony Blinken said at regional talks Tuesday. The secretary of state is leading the US delegation at a meeting in Guatemala of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, a cooperation framework agreed to at a summit in California in 2022. The United States has "stepped up efforts against those preying on vulnerable migrants," notably those flying people from Asia, Africa and elsewhere to Central...

LAKE WORTH BEACH — Seated in the front seat of a vehicle next to a person she believed to be a gunman-for-hire, Josefina Cardona-Cardona showed photographs of two people she wanted killed, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said. The 43-year-old Lake Worth Beach woman offered $4,000 for each kill, explaining to the would-be hitman that she wanted one of the targets to be shot in the body so that the target could "think about it." She said both targets were responsible for her 16-year-old son being sent to prison...

Pedro Marcos Raymundo knows what it’s like to work in hazardous conditions. Since moving to South Florida in 2014, the Guatemalan man has worked in electricity, plumbing, any construction work he can find. During roofing jobs, he often won’t be able to get down to get a drink of water or rest in the shade. Under the heat of the sun, headaches and stomach pains set in. The metal roof sheets and building supplies get hot, burning his skin. Raymundo works without helmets, rope or harnesses. “As undocumented workers, we...

Nancy Ng hasn't been seen since Oct. 19, when she reportedly took a kayaking trip with others from the retreat. But the leader of that effort says he is having trouble getting answers from witnesses - some of whom have since returned to Southern California - and he is suggesting there is a need for a criminal investigation into her disappearance. "I miss my Nancy very much," said her mother, Stephanie Li. "And hope the government helps us find answers and bring her home." Nancy works for the Alhambra Unified...

Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY PARK, California (KABC) — A Southern California family is desperate to find a 29-year-old woman who went missing while on a yoga retreat in Guatemala. Nancy Ng hasn’t been seen since Oct. 19, when she reportedly took a kayaking trip with others from the retreat. Her family has hired professionals to help with search-and-rescue efforts around Lake Atitlán. But the leader of that effort says he is having trouble getting answers from witnesses – some of whom have since returned to Southern...

Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY PARK, California (KABC) — A Southern California family is desperate to find a 29-year-old woman who went missing while on a yoga retreat in Guatemala. Nancy Ng hasn’t been seen since Oct. 19, when she reportedly took a kayaking trip with others from the retreat. Her family has hired professionals to help with search-and-rescue efforts around Lake Atitlán. But the leader of that effort says he is having trouble getting answers from witnesses – some of whom have since returned to Southern...