As charges were filed against the driver who was detained in Texas near the border with Mexico, one of President Donald Trump's cabinet secretaries denounced the "brutality" of people-smuggling gangs. The driver never stopped," according to one of the migrants interviewed, identified only as J.M.M-J. He said that after crossing the border they joined 70 migrants already in the truck's trailer. The driver was formally charged on Monday with one count of transporting illegal aliens. Kelly has been to Mexico twice to discuss immigration, human trafficking and the sprawling cross-border drug trade.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 24, 2017 22:30 UTC