Mexico has detained nearly 400 Central American migrants who were traveling through the south of the country trying to reach the US-Mexico border. Monday’s operation in Chipas state targeted a group of 3000 migrants which included small children. Officials have said those detained refused to apply for visas. Mexico is under pressure from the US to stem the flow of people heading north. There has been a huge increase in the number of people fleeing El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, the 3 countries where most of those seeking asylum on the US-Mexico border came from. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said his government was not giving migrants “free passage” not just out of “legal concerns but for questions of safety”. Twenty-five people were killed in Western Bolivia when the bus they were travelling on fell more than 656ft down a ravine. The bus was trying to overtake a lorry when it collided head-on with another vehicle and went over the cliff, injuring 24 passengers. High speeds could have contributed to the crash on Sunday night. Accidents on Bolivia’s poorly maintained roads result in hundreds of deaths every year. The bus, which was operated by a company called Totai, was travelling from the country’s administrative capital La Paz, to the Amazon town of Rurrenabaque. Rescue workers have found eleven bodies buried in mud after a landslide hit the colombian town of Rosas on Sunday. The number of people killed in the town in the south-western Cauca province has risen to 28. At least two people are still missing but emergency workers say, hopes of finding anyone alive are slim. Landslides are common in Columbia and house built on steep hillsides are at particular risk during the country’s rainy season. In April 2017, more than 250 people were killed during a landslide that hit the town of Mocoa, in Putumayo Province. Rosas mayor Jesus Diaz said he feared other homes in the area could also be in danger after prolonged heavy rains. Comandante Guillermo Garcia Frias, 91, a former comrade-in-arms of the late leader Fidel Castro recommended the ostrich as a nutritious supplement to the Cuban diet. He said on state television, it could produce “more than a cow”, raising more than a few eyebrows across the communist-ruled country and leading to ridicule on social media. Social media networks have exploded with mirthful memes against Mr Garcia parodying the nonagenarian officials diet recommendations have spread like wildfire.
