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Weekly Report - 16 July 2026 (WR-26-28)
MEXICO: Ramping up response to US migrant deaths
Mexico’s government led by President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced it is taking legal action in response to the deaths of Mexican migrants in US immigration detention centres and during anti-migrant operations. This represents an escalation in Mexico’s response to the deaths of migrants, which have surged since US President Donald Trump took office in January 2025. Both Sheinbaum and her foreign minister, Roberto Velasco Álvarez, have indicated that the decision to take legal action came after diplomatic avenues yielded no results. The lawsuits and wider criticisms of US migration authorities come as relations between the two nations are already strained due to perceived US intervention in Mexican security issues and the non-renewal of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
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