MEXICO CITY (AP) – Since their arrival aboard Spanish ships in the 1500s, horses have been part of the story of the New World. In Mexico, there is perhaps no better representative of the country's ...

On the last day of the California Rodeo Salinas Sunday, Police Officer Robert Hernandez’s parents went to see him on duty. But instead of hugging him in his normal police uniform, the East Salinas ...

Efrain Lopez has a game day ritual before Seattle Seahawks games that's probably very different from most fans. He dresses up in embroidered Mexican suit. Lopez says the suit, called el charro, for ...

There was a point during early adulthood when Tomás Garcilazo owned virtually nothing. As a 21-year-old, the now famous charro — Mexican cowboy — didn’t own a car, permanent home or have any money.

In a world divided by borders and hate, two border cities continue to celebrate their Mexican heritage despite their nationalities. At the very tip of Texas, the City of Brownsville hosts a days-long ...

SALINAS (AP) — Some police officers in a largely Latino city in Central California are reaching out to the community in a new way — wearing uniforms that resemble the traditional Mexican charro suit.

American Western origin story: Mexican American equestrians hold the Joaquin Murrieta Ride each year in Central California to commemorate the figure from the state’s gold rush era. Rubio said American ...