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Migrants, more vulnerable to organized crime in southern Mexico after Trump’s return

Migrants have become more vulnerable to organized crime and violence by remaining stranded on the southern border of Mexico about a month after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, denounce civil organizations in the area.

Luis Alonso Abarca, coordinator of the Digna Ochoa Human Rights Committee, told EFE that who is winning with Trump’s restrictions is organized crime, since they have detected that it is charging thousands of dollars, especially to women and minors, with the promise of taking them to the United States.

“The closure of the borders, the fact that the state policy of the Mexican Government and the United States prevents them from doing so (migrate) on a regular basis and by a safe means, what will cause organized crime groups to benefit,” said the activist in Tapachula, the largest city on the southern border.

Migrants have been facing since January 20, when Trump returned to the White House, the policies of mass deportations, the “closing” of the border with thousands of deployed soldiers and the elimination of the ‘CBP One’ application from the Office of Customs and Border Protection that allowed to apply for asylum in the United States from Mexico.

In this scenario, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned in a report that “groups of migrants are trying to advance through Mexican territory by train or walking together in caravans, especially in the state of Chiapas (border with Central America), to demand attention and seek protection against the violence perpetrated by various armed actors.”

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“While on the northern border with the United States, Mexican state authorities are preparing for possible mass deportations by building large facilities to house potential deportees and enabling transport to take them to other parts of Mexico, uncertainty invades hundreds of thousands of migrants throughout the country,” the organization said.

The Government of Mexico has received 13,455 people deported since the new United States Government began on January 20, including 2,970 foreigners, said President Claudia Sheinbaum last Friday, who indicated that migrants can stay in the country or return to their own.

Sheinbaum has asked migrants in the country “not to be fooled” by traffickers who charge thousands of dollars with the promise of transferring them to the United States because the Trump Administration “closed all asylum applications.”

The panorama has encouraged migrants to return to their countries, such as Israel Lujando, from Ecuador.

“The truth is that I do (I want to return) because it no longer makes sense to be here, our goal was to reach the United States, since we have not achieved that, it is my turn to return,” he told EFE.

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Meanwhile, Luis Rey García Villagrán, director of the Center for Human Dignity (CDH), explained that Mexico has also tightened its policy, denouncing that the authorities have implemented railies in Tapachula to search for people without documents and deport them to the border of Honduras and Guatemala.

“The migrants have been detained for a month, those who could advance to (the states of) Veracruz and Oaxaca were returning them to Villermosa, (capital of) Tabasco, and to Tapachula, taking them to Central America,” he accused.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.