Essay: Crossing the US-Mexico border is deadlier than ever for migrants – here’s why
US-based professor of geography, JOSEPH NEVINS – in an article first published on The Conversation, explores the reasons behind the growing number of deaths on the US-Mexico border…
A deadly trade: ‘VIP trips’ cost migrants their lives in Texas smuggling tragedy
DAINA BETH SOLOMON, JACKIE BOTTS and LAURA GOTTESDIENER, of Reuters, trace the journeys of some of those who died recently in the back of a sweltering truck in Texas, providing what is a a rare window into the world of human smuggling…
Mistakes plague identification of migrants who died in Texas truck
Oaxaca City, MexicoReuters A week after 53 migrants died in a sweltering trailer in San Antonio, Texas, some of their nationalities are still unclear, highlighting the challenges that officials from at least four different countries face in identifying the victims of the deadliest US human smuggling tragedy on record. The information trickling from various governments […]
Migrant caravan leaves southern Mexico days after Texas tragedy
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Thousands of people set off on foot from southern Mexico early Friday morning, undeterred in their efforts to reach the United States even after the deaths of at least 53 migrants in Texas this week highlighted the dangers facing many migrants. The group, mostly of young men from Central America, Venezuela and […]