Mexico moves to disband a migrant caravan, Alabama’s booming auto industry, and can Brazil’s Lula make a comeback?
Central American migrants arrive at in Ixtepec, Mexico, before continuing their journey to the US, March 30, 2018.
A group of Central Americans making their way north through Mexico is meeting resistance before it gets to the border. Also, our series on the global rise in the number of incarcerated women continues in Mexico, where many end up in jail as the government cracks down on drug-related crimes. Plus, Alabama's transformation from a place known for its textiles into the fifth-largest state for auto manufacturing, thanks to German and Asian automakers.
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