Peter Orsi, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump walks with Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto at the end of their joint statement at Los Pinos, the presidential official residence, in Mexico City. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto spoke for an hour by phone Friday Jan. 27, 2017 amid rising tensions over the U.S. leader's plans for a southern border wall, administration officials said.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Casualties of a Trade War

by Peter Orsi Associated Press, and Paul Wiseman Associated PressJanuary 28, 2017

Mexico City — If President Donald Trump makes good on threats to gut NAFTA and impose stiff tariffs on Mexican goods, economists say he risks a trade war that could lead to the very thing he is hoping to avoid — a huge surge in Mexican migration to…

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City. According to Mexico's Foreign Ministry, Guzman has been extradited to the United States on Thursday, Jan. 19 2017. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Drug Lord Will Face Charges In U.S. Court

by Tom Hays Associated Press, Peter Orsi Associated Press, and Bradley Klapper Associated PressJanuary 20, 2017

Firefighters and rescue workers walk through the scorched ground of Mexico's best-known fireworks market after an explosion explosion ripped through it, inTultepec, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. National Civil Protection Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente told Milenio TV that dozens were hurt but he had no immediate report of any fatalities at the open-air San Pablito Market in Tultepec, in the State of Mexico. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Blast Kills at Least 26

by Christopher Sherman Associated Press, and Peter Orsi Associated PressDecember 20, 2016

Mexican federal police guard a road leading to the Cefereso No. 9 federal prison in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Saturday, May 7, 2016. Convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who twice pulled off jailbreaks and is fighting to avoid extradition to the United States, was abruptly transferred to the prison in northern Mexico near the Texas border. The Interior Department said the move was due to work being done to reinforce security at the maximum-security Altiplano lockup near Mexico City where he was being kept. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)

El Chapo Moved to New Prison

by Peter Orsi Associated PressMay 8, 2016

Surrounded by TV cameras, Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Dayron Varona of Cuba hugs his niece Melissa Cabrera as he sees members of his family living in Havana for the first time in three years, as he arrives at the team hotel in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, March 20, 2016. The Rays will play a game against Cuba's national team on March 22.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

MLB, Obama Shine Light on Cuban Baseball Crisis

by Peter Orsi The Associated PressMarch 23, 2016