The Philadelphia Inquirer first reported the cancellation. El Carnaval de Puebla, which saw about 15,000 spectators from across the US and Mexico in 2024, has been held in April for the past 18 years.

The Carnaval de Puebla, the big annual celebration of Mexican culture in South Philadelphia, has been canceled this year out of fear that ICE might target the event to make immigration arrests. The ...

Sandra Mejia, left, and Mary Adelman, with the Carnaval de Barranquilla of Tampa, perform cumbia, a folkloric genre and dance from Colombia, while attending Tampa International Airport's ...