What is happening in Central America?
The Central American migrant crisis is back in the news. For this week’s show, Latino USA revisits this issue, which we initially covered in 2014. We also ask: what is the U.S. doing now with migrants seeking asylum? We present some history of how El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala got to this place and catch you up on the recent events regarding this month’s ICE raids.
Featured image: Migrants use a makeshift raft to cross the Suchiate river, a natural border between Mexico and Guatemala, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Stories from There and Back
Thanks for this very well-researched report on this sorely under-reported situation. I was wondering why there were no (or hardly) any links made to narcotic and arms trafficking