NGOs and migrants argue that the system puts up unfair technological barriers that have turned the right to apply for protection in another country into a game of chance
The latest report from the Surfrider Foundation reveals the list of beaches with the highest rates of bacteria in the water
Efforts by U.S. authorities to prevent the spread of one virus encouraged the spread of the other, according to a study in ‘The Lancet’
The drug, which was already used as an opioid adulterant in the US and Canada and which significantly increases the risk of overdose, has now appeared in Mexico
Many of the more than 1 million who have left the Caribbean nation feel helpless when they call terrified family members who can’t leave
Migrants who previously had a safe place to charge phones, use the bathroom, eat a meal and arrange to head elsewhere in the U.S. were now left on the street as migrant aid groups scrambled to help out as best they could
Carlos Hernández’s documentary portrays some of the reasons that have led 19,000 children and adolescents a year to seek a better life in the United States
Centuries ago copper mines attracted foreign investors and today, almost in the middle of the Baja California peninsula, stands a town that seems frozen in time
A delegation from the Biden administration will visit President López Obrador to define new measures to deal with the massive arrival of people at the frontier
Caught between drug violence and the devastating effects of insatiable demand, the southern border clings to naloxone, a medication that can reverse overdoses stemming from opioids. But while it’s saving lives in the United States, it’s virtually impossible to find in Mexico
Two of the officers suspected of the theft have been killed, prosecutors say. But so have at least three other officers, according to the city’s former police chief
Over 160,000 people in the Mexican border city lost power recently after a one-hour downpour that caused landslides and floods
Access to medication and a private space to get a self-managed abortion are particularly difficult for migrants, who can spend several months in shelters on the border. Along the way, thousands are victims of robbery, human trafficking and sexual abuse
Death threats, an attack on her bodyguard and an attempted break-in at her home forced Montserrat Caballero to take temporary refuge in the housing quarters of the 28th Infantry Battalion, so that she can sleep in peace. EL PAÍS interviewed the first female mayor of the city and visited her new home
Montserrat Caballero associates the intimidation with her public safety work during her government: ‘Because of this, I was attacked’
Overdose deaths of this opioid have increased by more than 90% in three years in the United States
In videos shared on social media, an armed group can be seen firing at vehicles, as spectators flee in terror
The government phone app grants 1,000 people daily an appointment to cross the border and seek asylum, but demand is far outstripping available slots
The end of Trump’s controversial immigration rule makes way for a new regime fraught with uncertainties. Here’s what’s known about what comes next
The Republicans in Congress have proposed a law that will make it tougher for people to enter the United States. Alejandro Mayorkas – the secretary of Homeland Security – warns of ‘difficult days ahead’
Organized crime syndicates use vulnerable people in border cities to calculate the dosages of the opioid that they traffic to the United States
The drug trafficker, who has sentenced to 12 years in prison, contacted a Mexican songwriter to write a song about his double life
