Texas-Mexico Border Standoff Reported
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL
Associated Press Writer
SIERRA BLANCA,
Andrea Simmons, an agency spokeswoman in
Men dressed in Mexican military uniforms or camouflage were on the
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Mexican migrants to get US maps
A Mexican government agency is to issue some 70,000 maps marking main roads and water tanks for people wanting to cross illegally into the
The National Human Rights Commission says the maps will be aimed at cutting the death toll among migrants.
US advocates of tougher border controls have criticised the move, saying it will encourage illegal immigration.
Relations between the
The map plan is backed by Humane Borders, a US-based organisation which operates about 70 emergency water stations near the 3,200-km (2,000-mile) border.
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