ECUADOR: Ecuador's most wanted criminal, leader of the Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, fled from jail where he was serving his sentence for drug trafficking and murder. Known by his alias Fito, Macias was imprisoned in 2011 and given a 34-year sentence, as reported
MEXICO CITY: United Nations experts called on Mexico to crack down on extortion by police and other officials targeting vulnerable migrants in flagrant violation of their human rights. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention also urged the Mexican government to avoid a repeat of the
San Diego: Hundreds of migrants from around the world seeking a better life in the United States have instead found themselves trapped in squalid conditions near the Mexican border, tantalizingly close to their destination, and desperate. On the eve of the expiration of Title 42, the
Washington: The United States (US) will finalise by May 11 a new regulation that will deny asylum to many migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, the same day sweeping COVID-19 restrictions at the border are set to end, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said
Mexico City: 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. On May 11 the U.S. is
Ciudad, Juarez, Mexico: A fire started by migrants believed to be protesting against their expected deportation killed at least 39 people at a Mexican immigration detention centre near the US border, authorities said. The blaze broke out shortly before midnight at the National Migration Institute (INM)
Los Angeles: Water supplies to some US states and Mexico will be cut to avoid “catastrophic collapse” of the Colorado River, Washington officials said, as a historic drought bites. More than two decades of well below average rainfall have left the river — the lifeblood of
Albuqerque, New Mexico: Muslims in New Mexico said they felt shock and shame at the arrest of a Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan in connection with the murders of four Muslim men. Police said they detained 51-year-old Muhammad Syed. A motive for the killings remains unclear, but
Albuquerque: A Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan has been arrested as the prime suspect in the serial killings of four Muslim men that rattled the Muslims of New Mexico's largest city, police said. After days of bolstering security around Albuquerque-area mosques, seeking to allay fears of a
New York: US President Joe Biden has said that he is “angered and saddened” by the “horrific” killings of four Muslim men in the New Mexico City of Albuquerque, adding that “these hateful attacks have no place in America”. “While we await a full investigation, my