was communicated that they would be deported finally to their countries of origin from mexico so this is the version again from the mexican government but also the version supported by the president. andres manuel lopez 0brador. andres manuel lopez obrador. thank ou. we are speaking to rachel schmit key, she is a senior advocate from refugees international. what can you tell is about the conditions they are picked in in mexico, these migrants? goal mexico has a long history of keeping migrants in a thing called a migration station which mexico seems to use the word shelter as a euphemism for these stations but what they are is back to prisons and
the mexican president, andres manuel lopez 0brador, has said his government is working with the united states to secure the release of four americans kidnapped in the northern city of matamoros. mr lopez 0brador said the four us citizens had been caught up in a gunbattle between rival criminal groups after they had travelled there to buy medicines. the americans were reportedly travelling in a white minivan in the city, where there s now a huge security presence on the streets, including members of the mexican army. the american fbi has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to return of the abudctees. elsewhere in mexico, officials have found over 340 people in an abandoned truck in the state of veracruz. 103 of them were children. the migrants were from guatemala, honduras, el salvador and ecuador. there was no sign of the driver. officials said the trailer was fitted with ventilation fans and air vents. the migrants will be cared for by mexican social services
insisting on cleaner air. so more zones are coming, but reducing pollution means tackling more than just vehicle emissions. dan johnson, bbc news. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across mexico to protest against government plans to slash funding for the national electoral institute. the protesters oppose reforms passed by the senate this week that will remove millions of dollars from the electoral agency, and close many of its local offices. president andres manuel lopez 0brador has accused the ine of being corrupt and partisan, but critics say restrictions on the agency are an attack on democracy itself. let s look at the politics of scotland now, where the unexpected resignation of the first minister, nicola sturgeon, has created a gap to fill notjust in leading the country, but also in leading the independence movement. ms sturgeon s personal popularity kept the campaign for scottish independence at the forefront of the political debate there. but with her go
passed by the senate this week that will remove millions of dollars from the electoral agency and close many of its local offices. president andres manuel lopez 0brador has accused the ine of being corrupt and partisan, but critics say restrictions on the agency are an attack on democracy itself. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a british reality tv star takes on an american youtuber and wins one of the most hyped matches in the history of boxing. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds, as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb
prizes and access to celebrities. as sorry cushy trips and access to celebrities for exchange for votes. that will take a matter of time to see whether those reforms have really taken place. president biden and the leaders of canada and mexico said they had strengthened a regional partnership after a three way summit in mexico city. 0ur correspondent will grant has more. even president biden s arrival bore the hallmark of his host. the administration of mexico s president andres manuel lopez 0brador had requested that air force one land at a new airport, outside mexico city, a project championed by president amlo and considered by his critics to be an unnecessary expensive vanity project. it is not clear what the two men discussed on their long shared drive but at the early photo opportunities, their body language was warm enough, which then contrasted sharply with the mexican leader s public rebuke of washington.