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US sanctions Chinese companies accusing them of providing chemicals used to create fentanyl to drug gangs

The Treasury said that as part of the campaign against fentanyl manufacture, five individuals with addresses in China and Guatemala were also named

After contentious US visit, Taiwan's president arrives in Central America

Tsai's visit to Guatemala and its Central American neighbor Belize comes after Honduras became the latest country to cut diplomatic ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing.

103 unaccompanied minors found in abandoned trailer in Mexico, govt says

The children will be put into the custody of Veracruz's family services system while the other migrants will be processed to determine their legal status in Mexico.

Mexico intercepts over 50 unaccompanied children from Guatemala in migrant truck

There were 67 migrants from Guatemala travelling in the truck, including 57 unaccompanied children, mostly boys, aged between 14 and 17, pointing to large-scale human trafficking, according to a statement by Mexico's National Institute of Migration

Football turns deadly: Indonesia stampede joins list of worst stadium disasters in the world

Indonesia saw its worst stadium disaster when 125 people died during a riot and stampede at a football league match in Malang. This incident reminds us of past tragedies when the game cost lives

Migrant trailer survivor, who nearly died of suffocation, now hospitalised

The migrant trailer survivor recalled that smugglers confiscated their cellphones and covered the trailer’s floor with what she believes was powdered chicken bouillon, apparently to throw off any dogs at checkpoints

Migration gets top billing as Joe Biden hosts hemisphere leaders

There is widespread agreement that relief must target growth and stability for entire communities in which migrants live, not just migrants

Shocking: When a DHL cargo plane split into two at Costa Rica runway

A mechanical failure forced the Guatemala-bound plane to make an emergency landing at Costa Rica's Juan Santamaria Airport. Fortunately, the pilot onboard the aircraft escaped unscathed

Uproar mounts over reports of border agents abusing Haitian migrants in Texas

Pictures by AFP photographer Paul Ratje and video footage appeared to show riders swinging their long reins to threaten migrants and push them back toward the river

Why US is launching mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas

The rapid expulsions were made possible by a pandemic-related authority adopted by former president Donald Trump in March 2020 that allows for migrants to be immediately removed from the country without an opportunity to seek asylum