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Juan Arjón López en una de las fotos subidas por Notiface, el medio de noticias de Facebook dirigido por su querido amigo Jesús Gutiérrez, cuando desapareció el 9 de agosto.

El periodista sonorense Juan Arjón, asesinado en agosto, ha sido objeto de una campaña de desinformación, dijeron ex-colegas, culpando a los funcionarios de la ciudad de San Luis Río Colorado, la ciudad fronteriza donde trabajaban. México es uno de los países más peligrosos para los reporteros. Read more»

Asylum seekers arrive in Tijuana, Mexico. Volunteers say the Mexican government is not providing much in the way of health care or essential provisions, like water.

As a record number of migrants are making journey to the border, volunteers are providing medical care at the U.S.-Mexico border in towns like Tijuana, where at least 2,000 people are jammed into tents and repurposed tarps, living without running water and electricity while they seek asylum in the U.S. Read more»

Two Nicaraguan men wait in Tijuana, Mexico as their asylum case moves through the use court system, as part of a new program, launched last year by Homeland Security officials called the Migrant Protection Protocols. Originally named 'Remain in Mexico' the program requires people wait in Mexico despite the dangers for migrants in border cities in northern Mexico.

As the Trump administration seeks to expand the "Migrant Protection Protocols" or "Remain in Mexico" program along the southwest border, migrants and shelter operators worry about the future, even as asylum reviews tighten further. Read more» 1

Central American migrants, like these who waited at the Nogales border, may have a way into America after an asylum seeker won his case under a new federal policy.

More than 24 hours after he became the first person granted refugee status under the “Migrant Protection Protocols” policy requiring asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their immigration claims are pending, a man was released to a sponsor in San Diego Wednesday after his attorney called for his release. Read more»

Grevy Marisela Jimenez Martinez, 28, a migrant from Honduras, has been living in the shelter for the past four months. She is almost five months pregnant and is expecting twins.

A growing number of expectant mothers are among the migrants pouring in daily from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador — even Haiti — to more than 30 already overflowing shelters in Tijuana, Mexico. Read more»

People wait at the Morley pedestrian entrance in Nogales, Son., to enter the United States.

Migrants hoping for U.S. protection have been waiting in Mexico for months, as the U.S. allowed fewer than ever to enter. Then it changed the rules entirely. Read more»

Tents and tarps erected in a makeshift camp outside the port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico, where Central Americans wait to have their asylum cases heard by the United States.

A Christian pastor claims in a suit filed in federal court in California Monday that the federal government illegally targeted her for administering her faith to refugees and immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more» 1

A woman who was returned to Mexico that morning after applying for asylum worries where she and her family might end up. Their room at the shelter had already been given to a new family.

Asylum-seeking families following U.S. rules and crossing at the designated ports of entry can face monthslong waits and dangerous conditions on the Mexican side of the border. Read more»

Leaking transborder pipelines have been an off-and-on problem in the border town of Naco, Arizona, for more than 30 years. But the toxic sludge hadn’t reached residential areas until last fall.

The aging network of pipes that run from Mexico to wastewater treatment plants in the U.S. When heavy rains fall, the pipes often break and spill raw sewage on both sides of the border, causing not only a putrid odor but public health and environmental concerns. Read more»

The Tijuana border crossing.

Against the backdrop of tear gas and border closures in Tijuana over the weekend, several pro-immigrant groups are rushing to meet the increasing needs of asylum seekers. Read more»

Central American migrants marched toward the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

The San Ysidro Port of Entry is one of the busiest border crossings in the world — especially so on the Sunday after a holiday weekend. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials shut it down in both directions Sunday after a group of migrants rushed toward the border. Read more»

Mexican police told the staff of the Tijuana news weekly "Zeta" that a cartel member had ordered the paper's office be shot up in retaliation for publishing photos of alleged drug cartel members. Two staffers have been murdered in previous years, and another survived an assassination attempt that killed a bodyguard. Read more»

U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva at a March rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

A new bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva would allow deported veterans to return to the United States as lawful permanent residents and reinstate lost benefits while canceling removal proceedings for others. Read more»

A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle next to the border fence west of Yuma.

Here‘s a look at four major claims of Middle East terrorism stirring on America's southern frontier. In some of those cases, at least, officials actually attempted to provide evidence, with varying success. Read more»

Samuel Carcamo, 17, waits at a shelter in Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico, during his trip this spring from El Salvador to Houston. He is one of thousands of unaccompanied Central American youth streaming across the border, mostly into Texas.

Unlike many undocumented adult immigrants, minors from Central America cannot be quickly deported under U.S. law. Some may have legitimate claims for asylum or refugee status. Read more»

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