Tag Archives: Huixtla

Migrant Caravan Arrives in Chiapas, Halted by Immigration

By KELIN DILLON On Sunday, Sept. 5, hundreds of migrants from Central American countries flowed into the Mexican town of Tapachula, Chiapas, from the nearby Guatemalan border, with the aim of either waiting there on the status of their asylum applications or immediately proceeding further north to the United States. This is the fourth major caravan to enter from Tapachula

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Mexican Police Seize 600 Kilos of Cocaine

XINHUA Mexican police seized 627 kilograms of cocaine and arrested the driver of the truck transporting it in the southern state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, the Fiscal General’s Office said on Monday, Sept. 21. According to the office, federal police seized the drugs at a checkpoint in the city of Huixtla, about 80 kilometers from the Chiapas-Guatemala

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AMLO Remains Prudent as Trump Threatens Border Closure

By RICARDO CASTILLO     Echoes of the mysterious meeting Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) had with Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, last March 19 are now thundering across the political landscape. The following day, as reported by Pulse News Mexico, AMLO said, “Basically, we dealt with the issue of (joint) development cooperation, and about the possible signing of a

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