Couple in Mexico receives church wedding after half-century wait

In a small town tucked into a valley, songs from a local band heralded a religious wedding that had remained out of reach for decades.

The band, whose name translates to "The Forever Young Friendly Band," was aptly named to play for 75-year-old Pablo Ibarra and 65-year-old Francisca Santiago, who finally married in the church after nearly a half century together.

The couple first met in 1967 while tending goats in the fields outside Santa Ana in the southern state of Oaxaca. Soon, Ibarra asked Santiago to marry him, but with a catch. He wanted her . . .