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Added on the 28/03/2023 12:53:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A makeshift migrant camp looks nearly empty in Mexico's Matamoros, at the border with Brownsville, Texas, where Democrat US President Joe Biden is expected to meet border patrol and other law enforcement agents. Also heading to the border is Republican former president Donald Trump, who will be about 300 miles (480 kilometers) to the west in Eagle Pass. The Texas showdown comes at a time when record numbers of migrant crossings into the United States are posing a threat to Biden's chances of preventing a Trump comeback in November's presidential election. IMAGES
Mexican police arrives at a bar in the town of San Luis Rio Colorado, in the northern state of Sonora, after a man set fire to it in revenge for being thrown out, killing 11 people. IMAGES
Hundreds of migrants attempt to cross Mexico's border with the United States in Ciudad Juarez after 38 people died in a fire at a Mexican detention center in the city. IMAGES
People gather outside a detention facility in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, for a vigil dedicated to the dozens of migrants who died there in a fire. The migrants were believed to have lit the fire as a demonstration because they feared they would be deported, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. IMAGES
Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan try to force their way into Mexico by crossing the river that divides the country from Guatemala. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.