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The article focuses on the Mexico's president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has struggled to balance a response to the coronavirus with the economic needs of a country in which over half of the population lives hand-to-mouth, working informal jobs, without a safety net; and played down the severity of the coronavirus' threat, allowing soccer tournaments, concerts and preparations for the busy spring tourist season to continue even as neighboring countries shutdown.

The article reports on the decision of the Mexican government to dismantle the caravan at the country's southern border as part of its resolution to get tough on illegal migration.

The article reports that crowd of migrants rushed a bridge at Guatemala's border with Mexico and clashed with Mexican police who used pepper spray and closed the crossing's large metal gates to keep them out.