Mexican authorities on Thursday adopted tougher measures against Central
American migrants, detaining 800 of them who had entered
Mexico illegally from Guatemala intending to reach the border with the United States.
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Mexico is under intense pressure from U.S. President
Donald Trump to contain mass movements of migrants, most of them from Central America, who have been crossing through Mexico on their way to the U.S. border.