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Three Real Emergencies the US Must Address on its Southern Border

By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE     (The following article first appeared in the U.S. political website “The Hill” and is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) The negotiations in Washington over security at the U.S. southern border should focus on three of the real emergencies that are causing widespread human suffering and exacting high costs in both the United States and Mexico: illegal drug trafficking

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US to Send 3,750 More Troops to Border

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     The administration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump has ordered the deployment of 3,750 additional troops to the border with Mexico, which will bring the total number to 4,350, the Pentagon announced on Sunday, Feb. 3. The soldiers, who will be stationed primarily in California, will be deployed for three months to provide assistance to border

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5,000 Migrants Enter Mexico Legally

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     In a sharp contrast to previous migrant caravans, the latest group of Central American immigrants that entered into Mexico has done so in a legal and orderly manner. Between Saturday, Jan. 19, and Tuesday, Jan. 22, nearly 5,000 Hondurans, Guatemalan and Salvadorian migrants entered the country from Guatemala at Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, and formally

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Honduran Exodus Makes Nations Tremble

By RICARDO CASTILLO     U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is visiting Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Friday, Oct. 19. Pompeo is in a political tour visiting Panama and Mexico. apparently to discuss the volatile political and security situations both in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Yet surely Venezuela and Nicaragua can be ranked as priorities number two and three when confronted

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