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News Articles: Central American migrants

Abandoned tents remain at the migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, that is at the center of a controversy involving viral images of a flyer encouraging migrants to vote for President Biden.

A flyer in her name told migrants to vote for Biden. But she says she didn't write it

Viral images of the flyer were filmed in portable toilets of a migrant camp in Mexico, and they energized members of Congress. But NPR's reporting suggests the flyer is not what it purports to be.

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  • Jude Joffe-Block
A Venezuelan migrant sits on the sidewalk where an altar was created with candles and photos outside the Mexican immigration processing center that was the site of a deadly fire, as migrants wake up after spending the night on the sidewalk in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on Thursday.

Arrest orders are issued for 6 people in the deadly Mexican immigration center fire

Three officials from Mexico's immigration agency, two private security guards and the migrant accused of starting the fire, which killed at least 39, face charges of homicide and causing injury.

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  • The Associated Press
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele speaks in February before the start of vaccinations for health care workers at the Atlacatl Medical Unit of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Tweet For Tweet: El Salvador's President And U.S. Congresswoman Spar Over Migrants

The two politicians have carried on a furious exchange all week over who is responsible for the surge in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Their debate on Twitter has been less than diplomatic.

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  • Carrie Kahn
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (left) speaks with then-Vice President Biden during a news conference in Guatemala City on March 2, 2015. Leaders from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras were meeting with Biden for two days of talks about child migrants entering the United States.

With Honduras' Narco Allegations, Pressure Rises To Sanction Its Leader

U.S. prosecutors say President Juan Orlando Hernández enabled drug trafficking into the U.S., and Democratic lawmakers want punishment. It comes as President Biden seeks Central American aid.

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  • James Fredrick