“We need protection,” one migrant at the U.S. border said. But the legal system for refugees never envisioned the millions displaced by global warming.
New York Times photographers are documenting the experience on both sides of the border, from Tijuana on the West Coast to Matamoros near the Gulf of Mexico.
Latavia McGee is one of many Americans who have sought cosmetic surgery south of the border. She and three friends met gunfire and a chaotic abduction that left two of them dead.
While Mexicans are often caught in cartel violence, and the outside world barely notices, the criminal groups know that targeting Americans is bad for business.
La nota, que supuestamente habría sido escrita por un cártel poderoso, indicaba que los hombres que atacaron a los estadounidenses actuaron por cuenta propia.