Sandra Lilley

Years after 23-year-old Mexican American music idol Selena was gunned down, news of convicted killer Yolanda Saldívar's parole hearing activated legions of faithful fans.

The bestselling 1997 album of Cuban, string-infused traditional music that became a global hit inspired a new Broadway show. NBC News sat exclusively with some original members in Havana.

Dozens of mostly Asian migrants were put on a deportation flight on Thursday. But instead of landing near their home countries, the plane arrived in San José, Costa Rica.

A deportation flight from the U.S. carrying 135 mostly Asian undocumented migrants, 65 of whom are minors, is expected to land in Costa Rica on Thursday afternoon.

The pilot and flight instructor of Puerto Rican heritage was described as skilled and dedicated and remembered for his love of flying.

One Direction singer Liam Payne, incapacitated by "consumption of various substances," couldn't maintain his balance in a hotel lobby before he needlessly fell to his death, Argentine prosecutors said Monday.

"One Hundred Years of Solitude," "Like Water for Chocolate" and "Pedro Páramo" on Netflix and Max are lush, sweeping sagas and not common Latino portrayals of drugs and crime.

The racist comments have drawn intense anger and reignited the criticism over Trump's handling of Hurricane Maria's devastating aftermath in Puerto Rico.

Some see the "life-changing" executive actions giving undocumented spouses and college graduates a path to legal status as a "big deal" that can also mobilize voters, including Latinos.

Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena Party makes history as the first woman elected president of Mexico. The former Mexico City and environmental scientist is also the first president of Jewish heritage.

Forty-nine Latino leaders signed an open letter released Friday honoring the memory of the Latino immigrant workers who died in the Baltimore bridge collapse last week, while also condemning the spread of "a false narrative" undermining the contributions of the nation's Hispanic people.