axel's case is in u.s. immigration court. at home, alex told me he studies hard and keeps his head down. the bad guys had his eye on his popular and outgoing younger brother. afraid of being forced to join a gang, he decided to leave. >> translation: alex was getting to the age where he'd have problems with delinquenis and gangs. they forced him to go to the

axel's case is in u.s. immigration court. at home, alex told me he studies hard and keeps his head down. the bad guys had his eye on his popular and outgoing younger brother. afraid of being forced to join a gang, he decided to leave. >> translation: alex was getting to the age where he'd have problems with delinquenis and gangs. they forced him to go to the u.s. >> st. pad roe is called the murder capital. the deadliest city on earth in a country not formally at war. we were told without a military escorted we'd be killed or kidnapped if we went near amex or axel's home. it's in the part of found in the grip of the gangs. >> this is a typical neighbourhood, a place where axel and his brothers and sisters grew up. we'll not take you there, because being here with police attention would draw tanks. the people pay extortion, communities pay extortion. you are either in with the gangs or you are out. axel decided to get out. many who don't get out end up in a place like this - juvenile prison. most of these kids are gang members

now, i am basically alone. >> this spring, 15-year-old axel headed north. met him in april after he had traveled more than 2000 miles from san pedro sula to nogales, mention close. after a failed attempt to cross the desert, he surrendered. to the border patrol and was allowed to join his father in houston where he has been living undocumented nearly a decade. his case is now in immigration court. >> back home, alex, a college student told me studies hard and keeps his head down but he said the bad guys had his eye on his popular brother afraid of being forced to join a gang, he decided to leave. >> alex was getting to theancies where he was going to have problems with delien quenc and gangs. they forced him to go to the u.s. >> it is called the murder capitol of the world, grouped zero for gang battles. it's the deadliest city on earth in a country not formally at war. we were told without a military escort, we would either be killed or kidnapped immediately if we went anywhere near alex and axel's home in a part of town completely in the grip of the gangs

in a town squash not from from home, amex and axel -- alex and axel's mother agreed to meet me. >> i have to be cautious to say what i'm about to say. there are some things you are not supposed to say here. you join are you're killed. boys as young as 12 and 15 had to leave. leaving is the only solution. >> reporter: axel is in the u.s. he may have to be deported. what will happen if he comes home? . >> translation: if he ended up here and didn't go back to the states, they'll kill him. that's what will happen. >>> from libya to a court in washington - the next step for the man charged in the attacks on the benghazi consulate in 2012. >> and a programme giving people a choice - get help or get busted. >>> the libyan suspect accused of the attack in benghazi is due back next week. ahmed abu chattalah pleaded not guilty. authorities believe he was the leader of the attack that killed u.s. ambassador crust stevens in -- chris stevens in three others. >>> the war on drugs has been thwarted in many way, seattle has a new way. >> reporter: seattle police patrol the streets op bikes - looki

leaving seems to be the only solution. >> reporter: axel is in the u.s. now. he may have to come home. he may be deported. what will happen to him. >> translation: if he ended up here and didn't go back to the states they'd kill him. >>> coming up next - sexual assault in the military. a report is due out on how to better fight the problem. we'll talk about the possible solutions in sunday's segment "the week ahead". plus a dramatic day in brazil - mexican hearts broken by a late decision by the referees. how they were bounced from the tournament. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we are following. rebel fighters in iraq renamed themselves and declared the creation of a new country, they are calling it the islamic state, reflecting broader territorial ambitions, as a counter offensive against the rebels appears to have stalled. >> israeli war planes struck, in response to a round of rockets launched from the gaza strip. the israeli air force says it targeted locations used by fighters. tensions have been escalating since the disa

axel's case is now in u.s.mmigration court. >> back home, alex, a college student told me studies hard and keeps his head down but he said the bad guys had his eye on their popular and out going younger brother, afraid of being forced to join a gang he decided to leave. >> alex was getting to the age where he was going to have problems with delinquenc and gangs. they were the ones that forced him to go to the u.s. . >> san pedro sula is often called the murder capitol of the world, grand zero for gang battles. it's the deadliest city on earth in a country not formally at war. we were told without a military escort we would be killed or kidnapped immediately if we went anywhere near alex and axle's home. it's in a part of town completely in the grip of the gangs. >> this is a neighborhood outside of san pedro su will. a where his brothers and sisters grew up. we will not take you to their neighborhood because being here with police protection would draw attention to his family and that's what they are very conce

we traveled back to honduras, met axel's mother and brother. here is part of the conversation i had with his mother just last week. >> translator: i have to be very cautious to say what i'm supposed to say. there are some things you're not supposed to say here. you join or you're killed. boys as young as 12, 15 years old had to leave. leaving seems to be the only solution. >> reporter: axel is in the u.s. now but he may have to come home, he may be deported. what's going to happen to him if he has to come home? >> translator: if he ended up back here and he didn't go back to the states quickly, they'd kill him, that is what would happen. >> reporter: so what axel's mother is talking about she's talking about the gangs. why he and so many like him are fleeing are the gangs. they are going to be wrapped into a very dangerous lifestyle. axel after a failed attempt to make it through desert presented himself to the border patrol and has been reunited with his father who has been living undocumented for a decade. he will be in the u.s., he will be s

. >> reporter: this spring axel headed north. i met him in april after he travelled 2,000 miles to mexico. after a failed attempt to cross the desert he surrendered hums to the u.s. -- hums to the u.s. border pat roll and has joined his father in houston. back home, alex, a college student told me he studies hard and eaches his head down. the bad guys have their eye on their popular younger broth are, afraid of being forced to joup a knang he decided to leave. am'em was get -- alex was getting to the age where he was having problems much they were the ones that forced him to go to the u.s. >> it is often called the murder capital of the world, ground zero for gang battles. it's a deadly city on earth in a country not formally at war. >> we were told we'd be killed or kidnapped if we went anywhere next axel's home. it's a part of town gripped in the gangs. >> this is the couped of place where axel and his brothers or sisters group up. we are not going to that neighbourhood, being here is drawing tappings to the family. that's wher

now i'm alone. >> translation: this spring axel headed north. i met him in april after he travelled to mexico. after a failed attempt he vepded himself to the u.s. border patrol and allowed to join his father no houston where he's been living undocumented. at home, alex is a college student. he said the bad guys had their eye on his younger brother. afraid of being forced to join a gang, he decided to love. >> translation: alex was getting to an aim where he'd -- age br he'd are problems with delink went and gangs. >> it is often called the murder capital of the world, ground zero, the deadliest city on othered in a country not formally at war. we were told without a military ex-court we'd be killed if we wept near their home. in in the grip of the gangs. >> this is a typical neighbourhood, a place where axel and his brothers and sisters group up. being here would draw attention to the family. all the businesses play extortion money. it's the kind of place where you are in with the gangs or you are out. axel decided to get out. >> reporter: many

. >> i'm axel. i'm 15 years old. i want to see my dad and study. the journey didn't get to me. i feel good. they tell me the hardest part is coming. we'll see if it is hard in a moment. >> the hardest part is coming for axel and detained and taken to a number of detention centers like this one and we were very interested in speaking with axel again and hearing about the experience, and what he experienced is close to what these children here are experiencing. i spoke with him via skype this morning and asked him what it was like for him. >> the majority were young and the first center i was in three or four hundred kids and because they were catching so many every day they decided to transfer some of us to another center, including me. the same thing in the next center. three or four hundred kids and then to another one, that is big and six hundred kids. being there you are feeling despera desperate. sometimes you are there for two weeks and seeing other people being reeye nighted with family. >> axel is reunited with his father, john, and currently in texas and awaiting a cour

. >> my name is axel. i'm 15. i'm from honduras. >> reporter: axel's home town is one of the most violent cities in the woldful after -- world. after crossing illegally through gata malla and into mexico, he and his cousins climbed atop a notorious train known as "the beast." a dangerous and dusty free ride, 1400 miles all the way to the border in nogales. >> translation: the trip was not easy, we came on the train. when you don't have water or food you get hungry. you are afraid because people tell you someone has found from the train, it can kill you. >> reporter: that night the three cousins tied in a cheap hotel. in the morning they told me why they had to get out of honda center. >> the killers go over to your house asking for money. if you don't pay, they kill you. it is horrible. >> border patrol agent knows how hard the last stretch into the u.s. can be, driving 13 miles east where the border gives way to desert. >> they come to the united states looking for a job. >> i want to see my dad and study. the jo

. >> afl 'em's -- axel's home town is one the violent cities in the world. after crossing axel and his cousins made their way to a freight train known as "the beast", a dusty free ride to the border in knowing nogales. >> translation: the trip was not easy, we came on the train. when you don't have water or food you get hungry. you are afraid because people tell you that someone has fallen, and that it can kill you. >> reporter: that night the three cousins stayed in a cheep hotel. in the morning they told me why they had to get out of honduras. >> there are killers asking for your money. if you don't pay they kill you. >> reporter: this border patrol agent knows how hard the last stretch can be, driving to the east of nogales, where the border desert gives way to a fence. >> these people coming here are vulnerable. >> translation: i just want to see my dad and study. the journey didn't get to me. i feel good. the hardest part is coming. >> the people don't know the criminal element on the border. once they are in the desert, they have nowhere to go. >> axel

leaving seems to be the only situation. >> reporter: axel is in the u.s. now but he may have to come home, he may be deported. what is going to happen to him if he has to come home? >> translator: if he ended up back here and he didn't go back to the states quickly, they'd kill him. that's what would happen. >> reporter: what he does is keep his head down and focused on studies. axel, a little more social, high profile kid, couldn't avoid the gangs, couldn't avoid the choice, stay or go. >> what happens to children leaving places like honduras and guatemala, what is it that is leading this mass exodus trying to get to the united states? >> the underlying causes haven't changed. chronic crime, lack of opportunity, lack of security, 42% of all the cocaine that enters the u.s. from south america comes through honduras. this is a country that is profoundly destabilized but right now there is a rumor that has persisted for months that there is some kind of permit for families traveling with children or children traveling alone that will allow them to be in this

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. >> axel is in the u.s. but may be deported. what is going to happen if he returns home? >> if he comes back here, they'll kill him. that is what would happen. >> and our series on the border continues today later where a story about a family forced to separate in hopes of finding a better life in the u.s., we follow the struggle and the fight to bring their son to the u.s. >> apipeline explosion in southern india and leaving at least 15 dead. 18 people injured. that fire forcing dozens of people to evacuate. the pipeline is supplies gas to the fertilizer companies. >> hands are full with a blow out near east bernard. one injury was reported, crews shut off the gas and the fire burned out. >> welcoming up, when is it okay to celebrate a loss, well when moving on in the next round of the world cup. we take a closer look at team usa. >> sounds like a way to make fire, lighting up in colorado is not paying off like they thought it would. you are watching aljazeera america. >> al jazeera america presents the system with joe berlinger >> new york city has stop and frisk >> som

david axel rod, the president's old advisor is saying not so fast, this may not be a good thing for the obama administration. >> i mean like with anything, you say oh, it's great new, but someone will say it's bad news. i think eric cantor was a thorn in the side of a lot of democrats, a lot who thought he stood in defense of wall street. a lot of left wing in the democratic party did not like eric cantor. the real reason that developments want to rejoice is they see trouble on the other side, you know, a disjointed party, and that, to them - listen, if you follow sports and see another team with an injury, you see you have a better chance of beating them. democrats should be happy that eric cantor is not there. not that trammel will beat brat. we didn't think brat would win. it's not a fait aecom reply that zach bratina will win against the democrat in december. the point is democrat in december. the point is is that democrats should be happy, it makes the republicans stop and re-assess. that's good. >> thank you both for being on the show, as auxes >>> while eric cantor's defeat may h

david axel rod is saying "not so fast. it may not be a good thing for the obama administration." like with anything you say it's great news. there's always someone that says it's bad news. eric cantor was a northern in the side. a lot of people thought he stood in defense of wall street. a lot of left winning did not like eric cantor. democrats. but the real reason that democrat want to rejoice is they see trouble on the other side. they see a real disjointed party, and that, to them - listen, if you follow sports and see a team with an injury, you say "we have a better chance of beating them." in the game of politics they should be happy that democrats are not there. we didn't think david brat would win yesterday. it's not a fait accompli that david brat will win against the development in december. the point is in response to your question. democrats should be happy because if makes the republicans stop and re-assess. >> as always, good to have you both on the show. >>> while eric cantor's defeat may have left liberals cheering and thrown the g.o.p. into disarray, it could be d

reagan, there's and niece and there's morton anderson and his dick allen and this judge clark and paul axel. so as not to when reagan became president january 20th, 1981, conservatives moved into the white house within. not enough, but some of us are meeting with a presidential candidate, i guess i should not identify him here, in the past, and he goes around the table and he says, 20, 25 of us, and this is morton, what is your issue? what is your issue? tony, what is yours? gary, what is yours? i'm towards the last of the table and he says richard, what is yours? i said with all due respect to my friends, governor, they are all wrong. no one has talked about the most important issue. the most important issue is personal. we all have learned from many years ago, personnel is politics. i explained that to the candidate and i said if you're fortunate enough to move into pennsylvania avenue, if you're elected president and all that moves in with you, fortune 500 ceo types, wall street types. our issues are over with. we have lost. personnel is policy. when somebody tells you they're conservati

. >> quell, john we have spoken to axel and his father, and axle is planning to go to school in the fall, he knows his case is going to be working its way through immigration courts in the meantime, he is just frying to start up something resembling a normal life, and you can see the emotion, his brother and mother both saying they are not sure when they will see him again, and both saying that if he tries to come home, they will tell him not to, to stay in the u.s. >> we fry to understand this, you talk about the gang as lot, what about the drug cartels and the impact they have on the exodus of children from central and south america? >> well, the drug tar kehls and the gangs have taken over the coyote business. it's become a very lucrative sideline to drug trafficking and part of what is going on, they may be fueling these rumors that parents traveling with children and unaccompanied children, would get some kind of permit if they arrive in the u.s., trying to really drive up the numbers of people, but really the underlying causes remain the same, poverty, chronic violence, chronic cri