Latin America

Migration is dropping in the Darién Gap. Emails show Border Patrol agents joking about beating and poisoning migrants. CBP testifies in Congress. Big new investigations about tractor-trailers, CBP One, and the 2023 Juárez detention center fire.

Biden and AMLO discuss additional measures to block migration. A team of journalists’ investigation shows how corruption enables smugglers to transport migrants across Mexico in tractor-trailers.

Large numbers of people arrive atop trains in Ciudad Juárez. Guatemala’s prosecutor raids the local offices of Save the Children, in an echo of U.S. attacks on charities assisting migrants.

Migration rises in San Diego. Centrist Democrats want to bring back “Remain in Mexico.” 400 people arrive atop a cargo train in Ciudad Juárez.

Updates from Mexico’s ongoing crackdown on migration through the state of Chihuahua. Immigration courts ordered 136,623 deportations in the past 6 months.

Darién Gap migration during the first quarter was greater than during Q1 of 2023. Guatemala expelled nearly 8,000 migrants so far this year.

Ukraine aid passed without border or migration measures attached. A separate hardline bill failed in the House. Numbers confirm San Diego is now the number-one migration destination.Ukraine aid passed without border or migration measures attached. A separate hardline bill failed in the House. Numbers confirm San Diego is now the number-one migration destination.

DHS deports a planeload of people to violence-torn Haiti. MSF reports an increase in sexual violence against migrants in Mexico. DHS claims that CBP One wait times are 10 weeks.

San Diego may now be the number-one migration destination. The Senate refuses to impeach Mayorkas. The House floats a hard-line border bill. Mass migrant kidnapping in Ciudad Juárez.

Mayorkas’s impeachment gets delivered to the Senate, where a trial is unlikely. Panama’s leading presidential candidate thinks he can “close” the Darién Gap.