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Lost in Transit: Russian Dissenters’ Perilous Path to America

Persecuted and unable to change anything, we were unwelcome in Russia. Then Mexican and U.S. policies brought more trouble.

Texas Observer

Mexican Authorities Could Be Working on 'Scheme' With Taxi Drivers to Pass Migrants Through Southern Border

The head of a migrant shelter in Tijuana said migrants are paying up to $500 to cab drivers to take them to the border, where immigration agents wait for them.

Latin Times

Venezuelan Men Accused Of Killing Mexican Immigration Agent

While the INM did not share specific details, Chihuahua State Police reported that emergency responders found the agent dead, with a head injury and other signs of violence.

Latin Times

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Trump Is Accusing Mexico Of Not Stopping Migrants, But The Country Is Cracking Down Harder Than Ever

Nearly 1 million migrants were intercepted in Mexico this year. according to a new analysis

Latin Times

Top Mexican Journalist Explains Why the Country Isn't Prepared to Handle the Growing Migration Crisis

Budget cuts and systemic failures have left Mexico's immigration agencies struggling, worsening the vulnerability of migrants and refugees amid rising pressures ahead of the Trump administration, according to journalist León Krauze

Latin Times

Reported Illegal Crossings by Venezuelan Migrants Has Decreased by 90% in Recent Months, DHS Official Says

DHS official said that thanks to deportation flights, the U.S. government has been able to send back more than 131,000 people in deportation flights since June

Latin Times

Venezuela wins the migrant 'Copa América' as team members wait for a CBP One appointment

Last year, Venezuela defeated Guatemala 3-0 in a penalty shootout

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Mexico-U.S. Migration Crackdowns Unlikely to Change Under New President Claudia Sheinbaum

Sheinbaum made history and will become Mexico’s first woman president, but concerns arise as she is expected to uphold AMLO's approach to migration.

Texas Observer

Sir Tony O’Reilly obituary

Irish rugby international who went on to become one of his country’s most charismatic businessmen

The Guardian - UK

Death Trap: ‘We’re Not Going to Open It for Them’

A new investigation of a deadly fire that killed 40 migrants in a locked detention cell in Mexico shows that keys and fire extinguishers were readily available, but withheld.

Texas Observer

Immigrants in Ciudad Juárez Struggle for Survival

Migrants hoping to reach the U.S. are steering clear of government facilities—and facing a dangerous journey on their own.

Texas Observer

Mexican officials find 175 migrants in truck near southern border

Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern state of Chiapas, the National Migration Institute (INM) said on Friday, in the latest mass human smuggling incident to be detected in the country.

Reuters

Mexico suspends some migrant detention centers pending watchdog review

Mexico's migration institute (INM) on Wednesday said it will suspend operations at 33 migrant detention centers as the country's rights watchdog completes a review of the sites in the wake of a fire that killed 40 migrants in government custody.

Reuters

Mexican migration chief accused of unlawful practice after deadly fire

Mexican prosecutors on Tuesday formally accused Mexico's top migration official with unlawful practice in public office, a criminal offense, over a fire at a government detention center that killed 40 migrants, according to Mexican media.

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Mexico's treatment of migrants raises concern ahead of U.S. policy shift

An impending change in U.S. border policy could put increased pressure on Mexico's migrant detention system and lead to more reports of rights violations, migrant advocates have warned, in the wake of a fire that killed 40 people.

The Guardian - US

Arrest of Chihuahua migration chief spotlights abuses in Mexican system

Last month’s fatal fire in Ciudad Juárez is latest in a series of deaths and injuries dogging the country’s militarized migration agency

The Guardian - US

‘Most were unconscious’: Mexican firefighter recounts tragic migrant center blaze that killed 40

Mexican authorities have filed charges against the head of the country’s National Immigration Institute over conditions at the center

Reuters

Mexico investigates top migration officials after deadly fire

Mexican prosecutors have launched criminal proceedings against top immigration officials as they investigate a fire that killed 40 migrants in a detention center last month, the Attorney General's office said on Tuesday.

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Reuters

Mexican blame game over migrant deaths fuels tension in presidency race

The fire at a Mexican migrant holding center that killed dozens has triggered recriminations inside and outside President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government, exposing tensions in his party ahead of next year's presidential election.

Daily Mirror

Inside horror immigration centre fire that killed 39 as ‘guards REFUSED to open door’

The fire at the detention centre of Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) in Ciudad Juarez, near the US-Mexico border and El Paso, Texas, reportedly started during a riot against deportations

Bangkok Post

At least 39 migrants die in Mexico fire

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico: A fire started by migrants protesting against their expected deportation killed at least 39 people at a Mexican immigration detention centre near the US border, authorities said on Tuesday.

France 24

Dozens killed in fire at migrant detention center on Mexico-US border

At least 39 migrants died in a fire that broke out at an immigration detention center in a Mexican city on the US border, the Mexican government said Tuesday.

Reuters

Mexico finds over 50 unaccompanied kids from Guatemala in migrant truck

Mexican authorities on Thursday stopped a crowded truck transporting nearly 70 migrants from Guatemala, mostly unaccompanied children, the country's National Institute of Migration (INM) said in a statement.

Reuters

Migrants tell of mass kidnappings in Mexico before crossing into the U.S.

Many of the hundreds of migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez into El Paso this week were part of a group kidnapped in Mexico as they made their way to the United States, according to nine migrants interviewed by Reuters.

Reuters

Mexico detains more than 16,000 foreign migrants in four days

Mexico detained more than 16,000 migrants in a four-day span, including nearly 5,000 Venezuelans, the country's National Institute of Migration (INM) said Monday.

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