The Mexican president blamed the extreme right of the Republican Party for pushing the administration of US President Joe Biden, a Democrat, to approve new wall construction ahead of the US 2024 presidential election.

Mexico has a significant opportunity to capture 'nearshoring' of US supply chains due to deep trade links to its northern neighbor.

In Mexico, 111,896 people are currently registered as missing in the interior ministry's official database, a number that does not include the many more people who went missing and were later found dead.

Roemer, who also represented Mexico at the United Nations cultural agency Unesco under the previous Mexican administration, has rejected the accusations.

Lopez Obrador emphasised officials must address root causes driving migration, including people's need to find work and improve their living conditions.

Military personnel supported emergency services using rescue dogs and earth moving equipment to identify and dig out survivors from the ruins of the church in Ciudad Madero.

The dramatic increase along the border marks a turning point after numbers had plummeted in recent months.

The Biden administration has defended its border policies, saying it is using the tools available, while calling on Congress to pass laws to fix a broken system.

Ovidio Guzman is one of El Chapo's four sons, known as 'Los Chapitos,' who inherited their father's trafficking empire after his conviction on US murder and drug charges in 2019.

Similar such finds in the past have turned out to be the remains of mummified children.

Flood risk warnings are sounded from San Diego to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, with particularly high risks around the Palm Springs area.

The body of Maria Fernanda Sanchez, for whom Interpol had issued a search notice, was found floating in a canal by a person walking along a bridge in the Adlershof neighbourhood of the German capital.