To combat organized crime and strengthen public safety, the Mexican army is mobilizing troops across the country. The largest comtigent of soldiers has been sent to Tijuana, which has one of the highest homicide rates in the country.
At Mexico’s northern border, the arctic blast that swept through all of North America this week has also caused record low temperatures. Concerns have been raised about the ability of migrants to withstand winter weather warnings.
Thousands of migrants from Central and South America are making their way through Mexico in a caravan heading to the United States as U.S. and Mexican officials were set to meet on Wednesday to discuss immigration and other issues.
Mexican journalist Maria Teresa Montaño has survived both kidnapping and death threats. However, she is not going to quit investigation of corruption and wrongdoing.
After Hurricane Otis slammed ashore, people in the Mexican resort town of Acapulco are making a last-ditch effort for basic necessities. While residents scramble for water, fuel, and food in order to survive, the storm’s strength surprised forecasters.
Hundreds of people have been reported missing and are thought to have been victims of violence between rival criminal groups in the bordering Mexican State of Sonora. Reporter Ruben Pereida joined a group of people known as the “Caborca Trackers” who are on a grim quest for missing victims. Veronica Villafañe narrates the story.
Despite US efforts to curb migration, migrants continue to reach Mexico’s northern border. However, it’s not just people of countries in Central and South America.
Since 1998, the U.S. Border Patrol recorded more than 8,000 migrant deaths along the border with Mexico.VOA immigration reporter Aline Barros visited a South Texas county with a high rate of migrant deaths.
Chinese migrants have increased over the past five months as they make the long journey from South America to the U.S.-Mexico border, much of it by foot.In this story narrated by Elizabeth Lee, reporters from VOA’s Mandarin Service asked some of them about their reasons for leaving China.
The emergency health order that was used during the pandemic at the U.S.-Mexico border to quickly deport migrants back to Mexico or their home countries has ended.The emergency health order that was in place during the pandemic at the border between the United States and Mexico to swiftly deport migrants to Mexico or their home countries has been lifted.
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