Immigration
Mexico: More than 70,000 migrants were kidnapped or trafficked between 2011 and 2020
The states with the most cases of kidnapping are Chiapas, Nuevo León, Tabasco, Veracruz and Tamaulipas, the CNDH reported.
Immigration
Shameful: CBP agent charged with seeking bribes from desperate migrants at Texas border
The bribe would supposedly give the migrants temporary access in the U.S. immigration system for 10 to 12 days so they could enter the country. The papers would then “disappear from the system.”
Business
Honduras and China launch free trade agreement negotiations
China approved Honduran imports of bananas, coffee, and shrimp. However, other export goods that are still under discussion include Honduran beef, melon, and cigars
Immigration
Driver of truck in Texas migrant tragedy 'did not know the air conditioning was broken'
The temperature inside the truck reached 39.4 degrees. The first doctors discovered that the corpses were hot and dehydrated.
Immigration
Mexican authorities rescue 129 migrants crowded in truck amid heat wave
When police found the migrants inside the truck, several Mexican states, including Veracruz, were undergoing a higher-than-usual heat wave with temperatures reaching 113 degrees Fahrenheit
Politics
Russia sending troops to train in Nicaragua with Ortega regime
Small contingents of Russian troops will also be allowed to provide “experiences and training” to Nicaraguan forces. The Kremlin is also sending military aircraft and naval vessels.
Immigration
Blinken says border crisis 'beyond anything seen before' at Summit of the Americas
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. is working with several nations at the Summit of the Americas to address the ongoing migrant crisis occurring throughout Latin America
Crime
MS-13 gang leader wanted by FBI captured in Mexico
José Wilfredo Ayala, wanted for federal crimes of homicide, robbery, and weapon possession, was arrested in Mexico with a Houston arrest warrant
Politics
Ana Belen Montes, Cuba's top spy, to be released from federal prison
After 20 years in prison, Ana Belén Montes will be released from a federal prison in Texas on January 8, 2023
Immigration
6,000 migrants detained in Mexico in 4 days
From April 21 to April 24, around 5,688 of the detained migrants were found in safe houses, trailers, or hidden inside trucks or buses