Drug gangs seize migrant routes amid border crackdown
U S and Mexican officials say Sinaloa and Gulf cartels now dominate main Arizona routes using migrants as decoys to shield cocaine shipments. Armed guards and barriers push traffickers to move drugs north while migrants face violence and coercion along the desolate border corridors.
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Indigenous parents fight rejection of kids names
In Hidalgo state Tepeji del Rio, Cesar Cruz Benitez and Marisela Rivas struggle to register their daughter Doni Zana with a Hnahnu name, blocked by official character limits. They press for recognition as a human rights issue amid pressure to Spanishize Indigenous names and slurs.
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