At least 53 migrants killed in tractor-trailer crash in southern Mexico
LA TimesBodies of migrants who died in a tractor-trailer accident lying on the pavement in Tuxtla Gutierrez, state of Chiapas, Mexico, on Thursday. At least 53 people were killed after a tractor-trailer overturned in southern Mexico on Thursday, one of the worst tragedies in recent memory to befall migrants trying to reach the United States. “I deeply regret the tragedy caused by the overturning of a trailer in Chiapas carrying Central American migrants,” López Obrador said. Today, thousands of soldiers and National Guard troops are deployed to Mexico’s southern border to man checkpoints and break up so-called “caravans” of migrants marching together in large numbers for protection. Last week, Mexico announced that it would resume receiving migrants under a Trump-era policy known as “Remain in Mexico,” which Biden had tried to end but was forced by a court to revive.