The Guerreros Buscadores and dozens of other groups in Mexico scour the country for people who are missing. More than 130,000 people have been reported missing since 2006, according to official records. It is perilous work in a perilous environment. Mexico is neither at war nor under a military dictatorship, yet thousands of people disappear every year amid cartel violence. Clandestine graves are discovered on a semiregular basis; more than 70,000 unidentified remains have piled up in morgues and cemeteries.
Authorities say a suspect was fatally shot by police after stabbing three people in a random attack at a major New York subway station. Police say the incident happened Saturday morning at the 42nd Street-Grand Central station. Officers responding to a report of stabbings encountered a man armed with a machete. Police say the man was shot by one of the officers and taken to a hospital. The suspect later died. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the victims sustained injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening.
Gunmen have killed more than 70 people in South Sudan after a dispute at a gold mining site near the capital, Juba. Police confirmed the deaths and said many others were wounded. A video shared online showed dozens of bodies on the ground. A local journalist says other victims may have fled into nearby bushes. The site in Central Equatoria State, known as Jebel Iraq, has a history of violent clashes. Police say they still lack key details. A major opposition group condemned the attack and blamed government forces.
Israeli settlers have rampaged through Palestinian villages and wounded several men in the latest flare-up of violence in the occupied West Bank. Israel's military said it responded to arson and the official Palestinian news agency reported attacks in at least six communities on Sunday. Attacks by settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank have intensified alongside a broader surge in violence since the start of the Iran war. Also on Sunday, four Palestinians were killed in Gaza. One strike hit a vehicle in the central Nuseirat refugee camp and killed three police officers, according to the Awda Hospital, which received the casualties. Another Palestinian was killed in Gaza City, according to Shifa Hospital.
