International
The first deportees in the Mexican Tijuana are not from Trump’s raids, but from Biden’s
After Donald Trump assumed as president of the United States in his second term, last Monday, dozens of migrants have been deported through the border port of El Chaparral, in the Mexican city of Tijuana, border with California (USA), however, they are people who already remained in detention centers since the administration of the now former President Joe Biden (2021-2025).
This was confirmed on Wednesday by the migrants themselves who shared information with Mexican media and authorities in the state of Baja California, who assured that under Trump’s strict protocols no deportees have yet been presented.
On Tuesday afternoon, the deportation of a hundred Mexican people was documented who told the media that they were arrested in cities such as Denver, Colorado, and Las Vegas, Nevada, because of that it was thought that they could be the first deported by Trump.
But on Wednesday morning some of the deported migrants returned to the border port of El Chaparral, where the offices of the National Institute of Migration (INM) are located, and it was they themselves who assured that they had already “more than a month of detention” in the United States.
A spokesman for the INM, who asked not to identify himself, told the media that these people were part of the hundred who were deported on Tuesday afternoon, so they had returned to request the support of the institution to return to their cities of origin.
The version was confirmed this Wednesday by the secretary of government of the state of Baja California, Alfredo Álvarez, during the press conference offered by the governor, Marina del Pilar Ávila, where he explained that “what was reported is not correct, because the deportations are not derived from the decrees of the new presidency of the United States, that was a regular deportation.”
“This return of Mexicans that was presented even corresponds to the management prior to Trump’s decree, they come with us to claim their repatriation support, since they were detained before this threat arose and, to say that, since the signing of Trump’s decree, the flow of repatriates has not yet been altered.”
The official said that, for the moment, they maintain direct information with the INM, with the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the United States Consulate in Tijuana, which are informing them about the procedures that are being carried out that are not, yet, according to a Trump order.
He stressed that, despite this, the attention provided to these migrants is within the framework of “the comprehensive care given to all deported compatriots,” who are given the options to stay in the “Carmen Serdán” Integrative Center or return to their places of origin.
“The message is clear, in the sense of trying by all means that any deportation of our countrymen is done within a framework of dignity and respect for human rights, it is a message that we have also shared with the US authorities, for when Trump’s measures enter, since for them it will also imply a change of paradigms and procedures,” he said.
This Wednesday, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, rejected the measure of President Trump, who on Tuesday gave free rein to migration raides in schools, colleges and churches in that country, previously considered “protected” places.
The decision came a day after Trump assumed power and emphasized that he will fulfill his campaign promise to carry out the largest campaign of migrant deportations in US history.
In Mexico, Trump’s mass deportations are concerned because Mexicans are about half of the 11 million undocumented in the United States and their remittances represent almost 4% of Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP), which in 2024 received an estimated record of 65 billion dollars.
Internacionales
Jalisco’s grim discovery: drug cartel mass grave found in construction site
A mass grave was discovered in a residential area under construction in the municipality of Zapopan, part of the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco.
“After analyzing the recovered remains, they correspond to 34 individuals,” said a state official during a press conference. Jalisco has one of the highest numbers of missing persons in Mexico, largely due to the activity of drug cartels.
As of May 31, official data shows that Jalisco has recorded 15,683 missing persons, according to the state prosecutor’s office. Authorities attribute most of these cases to criminal organizations, which often bury or cremate their victims clandestinely.
“The construction company notified us at the end of February after discovering some remains,” explained the official, González, adding that excavation efforts have been ongoing since then.
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) operates in the region and was designated as a foreign terrorist organization earlier this year by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Washington has accused CJNG and the Sinaloa cartel of being the main sources of fentanyl trafficking, a synthetic opioid responsible for tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the U.S.
Mexico has accumulated more than 127,000 missing persons, most of them since 2006, when the federal government launched a heavily criticized military-led anti-drug offensive.
International
U.S. targets families of sanctioned drug traffickers with new Visa restrictions
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday a new visa restriction policy targeting the family members and close associates of individuals sanctioned for drug trafficking, as part of efforts to combat the spread of fentanyl.
Overdoses from this synthetic opioid remain the leading cause of death among Americans aged 18 to 44. According to official sources, more than 220 overdose deaths are reported daily in 2024, and over 40% of Americans know someone who has died from opioid-related causes.
“Today, I am announcing a new visa restriction policy (…) which will apply to close family members and personal or business associates of individuals sanctioned for drug trafficking,” Rubio said in a statement.
International
White House claims challenged as most ICE arrests in LA involve non-criminals
Nearly seven out of ten people arrested during immigration raids in Los Angeles from June 1 to June 10 had no criminal record, contradicting White House claims that the raids targeted “criminals,” according to an analysis published Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times.
Around 722 individuals were detained in the Los Angeles metropolitan area during the first ten days of June, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) initiated the raids, according to data obtained by the Deportation Data Project of the University of California Berkeley School of Law.
The Los Angeles Times analysis found that 69% of those arrested during this period had no criminal record, and 58% had never been charged with any crime.
These figures contradict the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which said in a statement Tuesday that since June 6, ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launched an operation “to remove the worst criminal illegal aliens.”
DHS Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin warned that the arrests are part of President Donald Trump’s promise to secure the border by deporting criminals, including drug traffickers in Los Angeles, without providing further details.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized last week in a CNN interview that although the White House said it would target violent criminals, the raids had focused on workers.
“This wasn’t a drug den, it was a Home Depot,” Bass said, questioning the locations where raids were conducted.
Activists have also denounced the raids for targeting vulnerable workers who are easy to detain.
The Los Angeles Times analysis found that the average age of those arrested was 38, mostly men. Nearly 48% were Mexican, 16% Guatemalan, and 8% Salvadoran.
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