International
Mexico receives deportees from other countries from the United States, but denies being a “safe third country”
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, acknowledged on Tuesday that the country has received deportees of other nationalities from the United States in the first week of Donald Trump’s government, but denied becoming a “safe third country.”
“There is permanent communication, coordination in case people of other nationalities arrive, as has been done in the past,” the president said in her morning conference.
Sheinbaum declared that after receiving criticism from the opposition for reporting on Monday that, from January 20 to 26, in Trump’s first week as president, Mexico has received 4,094 deportees, but not all from Mexico.
The Mexican ruler argued that she heads a “humanist government” and that in the previous administrations of both countries Mexico has received migrants of other nationalities.
“We, as Mexicans, if there is a foreign person at the border, for humanitarian reasons we cannot, with -7 degrees in Ciudad Juárez, not attend to people for humanitarian reasons, and there is permanent coordination that has existed in the past, it is not something new,” he stressed.
The president indicated that the situation in Mexico is different from that of El Salvador, which negotiates a ‘safe third country’ agreement with the Trump government that would allow the United States to deport migrants from other countries, including alleged members of organized crime, according to CBS News.
“We know that the United States Government is agreeing with the different countries of Latin America and other nationalities, and what we have is coordination, communication without subordination,” he insisted.
In addition, when asked if Mexico would receive military aircraft with deportees, she replies that “so far there has not been that,” because these flights have been civilian.
The country is concerned about the mass deportations promised by Trump because Mexicans are about half of the eleven million undocumented people in the United States and their remittances represent almost 4% of Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP), which in 2024 would have received an estimated record of 65 billion dollars.
The Government of Mexico spoke with other Latin American countries to directly receive their deportees from the United States without first passing through Mexico.
“We are acting with dignity, with sovereignty, with responsibility, a lot of responsibility, and always looking for dialogue, in defense of our sovereignty and respect for Mexicans,” Sheinbaum said.
The Government of Mexico has installed ten attention centers in the states of the northern border to receive deportees by the new Administration of Donald Trump in the United States, although they are still “empty,” said on Tuesday the Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez.
“We are ready and we are coordinated with the conviction of serving our countrymen with warmth and humanism, the care centers are already operating to provide them with a warm, orderly and safe reception,” he said.
The headquarters are in Tijuana and Mexicali, in the state of Baja California; in Nogales and San Luis Río Colorado, in Sonora; in Ciudad Juárez, in Chihuahua; in Nueva Rosita, in Coahuila; in El Carmen, in Nuevo León, and in Matamoros, Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo, in Tamaulipas, with a total of 1,250 public servants.
These centers offer free transfer, personal hygiene items, repatriation letters and other identity procedures, and food, said the Secretary of the Interior.
“The Government of Mexico has implemented the national repatriation strategy ‘Mexico embraces you’, to receive Mexicans returned from the United States in a warm and humane way,” Rodríguez recalled.
The centers are exposed after it was learned that Mexico received 4,094 deportees, most of them of Mexican origin, and a record of four planes in a single day, during the first week of Trump as president of the United States, who announced “the largest deportation in the history” of the United States.
The strategy ‘Mexico embraces you’, the secretary detailed, consists of assisting and protecting from the consulate in the United States, as well as receiving and support in the six border states, and the reintegration of deportees in their places of origin.
It aims at the inter-institutional work of the entire Government to receive returning people, monitor compliance with international and bilateral repatriation agreements in the face of possible human rights violations, and ensure the reception and integration in their places of origin.
“Mexican migrants are not criminals, they crossed the border and contributed to the economy of that nation (United States), and they also contribute to their native country, they are very hardworking people who strive every day to get ahead,” Rodríguez said.
Finally, the Secretary of the Interior promised the deportees that “today’s Mexico is different from what they left, it is in transformation, and it has a Government that works for the well-being of all.”
International
Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
Internacionales
Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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