Mexico aims to crackdown on cartel violence, mulls over merging National Guard with nation’s army to quell violent spats

TOPSHOT - A Mexican National Guard vehicle drives past children playing as families of asylum seekers wait outside the El Chaparral border crossing port as they wait to cross into the United States in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on February 19, 2021. - The Biden administration plans to slowly allow 25,000 people with active cases seeking asylum into the US previously enrolled in the Migrant Protection Protocols program, known as "Remain in Mexico," with community organizations testing for Covid-19 and providing hotels to quarantine migrants upon arrival during the pandemic. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador recently said he is looking into ways to streamline the country’s National Guard amid an increase in violence in the country. Reports said that Lopez Obrador has flirted with bypassing Mexico’s Congress in order to give control of the National Guard to Mexico’s army. This would give Mexico’s military control over policing practices in the country. 

President Trump puts spotlight on big human trafficking problem at southern border

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UPDATED 9:22 AM PT – Sat. January 5, 2019

As the shutdown fight continues over the border, the president is highlighting the potential dangers of illegal migration.

In a series of tweets Saturday, the president said the administration is working on border security, but added “we need a wall.”The border fence between San Diego, Calif., and Tijuana, is reflected on a puddle of sea water as seen from Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Discouraged by the long wait to

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Caravan of 15K migrants to leave Honduras in mid-January as overcrowded shelters struggle

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UPDATED 9:57 AM PT — Friday, Dec. 28, 2018

Another migrant caravan is forming in Honduras and is preparing to head north. According to reports, the group of about 15,000 people is set to leave the Central American country on January 15, 2019. Migrants from El Salvador and Guatemala are expected to join them.

Advocacy groups said the new caravan will likely stay in southern Mexico, where the country’s president has promised them visas and employment.

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