From across the Rio Suchiate comes a staccato patois, not Spanish, not quite French. Distant figures on the Guatemalan bank of the river begin to board a flotilla of wooden rafts, moored beneath a ...

Rafts made from wood planks and truck inner tubes ferry locals between Mexico and Guatemala along an informal border crossing on the Suchiate River on Aug. 21, 2025. A year earlier, these rafts would ...

TAPACHULA, MexicoTAPACHULA, Mexico — A strong earthquake shook the border of Mexico and Guatemala early Sunday, driving frightened residents into the streets. The temblor struck just before 6 a.m.

CIUDAD TECÚN UMÁN, Guatemala — Traffic on the international bridge that spans the Suchiate River and links the Guatemalan town of Ciudad Tecún Umán with Mexico is often light. For the immigration and ...