Maria Verza, Author at Greenfield Recorder

A man sleeps next to the U.S. border wall topped with razor wire in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, June 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

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Mexico denies Trump’s claim of secret concessions in deal

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, Colleen Long Associated Press, and Maria Verza Associated PressJune 10, 2019

WASHINGTON — Three days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Mexico to stem the flow of migrants at the southern border, the two countries appear unable to agree on exactly what’s in it.Stung by criticism that the agreement mostly…

Central American migrants begin their morning trek as part of a caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, from Cordoba, Mexico, Monday.

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Migrants camp at Mexico City stadium as US votes

by Sonia Perez D. Associated Press, Mark Stevenson Associated Press, and Maria Verza Associated PressNovember 6, 2018

CORRECTS TO CLARIFY SITUATION WAS AN EVACUATION - 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. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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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

Rescue personnel work on the rescue of a trapped child at the collapsed Enrique Rebsamen primary schoool in Mexico City, Sept. 20, 2017. A wing of the school collapsed after a powerful earthquake jolted central Mexico on Tuesday, killing scores of children and trapping others. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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Despair rises for relatives of the missing in Mexico

by Maria Verza Associated Press, and Peter Orsi Associated PressSeptember 21, 2017

Alicia Lopez Fernandez paints a piñata depicting Donald Trump at her family’s store “Piñatas Mena Banbolinos” in Mexico City in 2015.

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Mexico angry at president’s ‘humiliating’ meeting with Trump

by Mark Stevenson Associated Press, and Maria Verza Associated PressAugust 31, 2016