Pakistani man with ties to Iran charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, arrested by the FBI after trying to hire undercover officers to commit the murders.
In the city of Celaya, Mexico, political candidates are campaigning with armed escorts due to a rash of political assassinations ahead of the general election in June.
A wave of political assassinations has swept across Mexico during the election season, with one candidate being violently killed on her first day of campaigning. The violence has led to fear and uncertainty among politicians and the public in the region.