and one of the many families in the migrant kind of has been telling a reporter john holeman of the struggles they will encounter every step of the way . when alexander starts his day's journey at three am he's not even awake he's system maria is and every step is a small tool it's not just legs a little used to walking a marathon every day she's developed to call. them on half whether it's because we're sleeping rough the winds get to her that's why she's sick this is a day in the life that the re is a lie a family durance travelling in a caravan trying to reach the us today's route forty kilometers to the mexican town of weeks they've left early to avoid the midday sun but dad alvin is struggling to rule can push the stroller in a dorm break he explains why it's that this is that this is the leg it's bad it's this one with policy or it's been seven months mum elin has sophie's eight months pregnant but she didn't want to have her baby but code that meant it let out alone he would have suffered like the other children they're born into poverty off to for i was she struggling then the family

people trying to get to the united states twenty five days and four thousand kilometers later john holeman caught up with them near the u.s. border. the last time we saw the rays elia family they were sleeping on the street in south makes co after a week with the caravan of central americans maria was sick. alvin was struggling tool and early was exhausted she was eight months pregnant now everything's changed for one in june is right he's fifteen days old has given the family fresh hope. we were frightened we would lose him on the way but god didn't want that and we have him safe and sound my whole body was hurting and when my son arrived i felt like something passed through me and took the pain away. they've got to take the border with us and the church has taken the maid for the first time in more than a month they have regular meals a place to wash their clothes and a roof over their heads they're lucky most of the caravan is getting ready to spend the night in the open a in a makeshift camp that's become so crowded that some people are having to sleep outside its walls but the razor l

of organized crime amassing a fortune overseeing an illicit empire with links around the globe john holeman reports now in the first of a three part series on man known as el chapo. this is how the legend of mexico's most powerful criminal chapo ended a tired middle aged man bundled into exile in the us. and this is where it began in one thousand nine hundred full a cartel middleman who was caught on film for the first time walking gruesome and it just been put in a maximum security prison but it wouldn't hold him his first jail break legend has it was in a laundry basket. once he began climbing the criminal ladder to public enemy number one he's single low a cartel had links all over the world he even made it on to the forbes ritualised it was a huge leap for someone who in a rolling stone interview said he grown up the poorest of the pool. from the time i was six until now my parents a very humble family very poor my mom made bread to support the family i would sell it i sold oranges soft drinks candy. how did i go from that to miss cruz told criminal we asked someone who'd known him for

john holeman reports from there. the day starts with the battle to keep clean but it's hard when you're sleeping rough with five thousand three hundred other people got to try and get washed because it feels weird being dirty all the time. easier said than done in the sports complex hardly turned into account privacy doesn't exist or even shelter to some and the rainy season is just beginning and those who went up with that i'm going to have you know last night it was tough my blankets got wet so we had to go and stand where there's a roof and we didn't sleep all night. it's going to be that way for some time for this caravan of central americans they've got to take right up against the us buddha but now they stuck nowhere to go and nothing to do. some brush up on the football skills others practice their poker faces or explore the small playground for the umpteenth time. the clothes washing areas busy series of phone charging station fifty cents a go. in a passes the time with the daily concert for anyone who cares

security has been upgraded at some crossings john holeman has more from tijuana. the vanguard of the caravan of people lungs to central america heading through mexico has arrived in three one hour and they've been here now some of them for almost a week you can see behind me the center it's a school sense where they're being held this leaping in the rough they're getting some donations of clothes and some care from the city authorities but i think it's fair to say that as a going out. on a ride here the welcome to. the left and on the mexican towns that they were passing for a couple of days or so there was no internet. of clothes and help to get them on their way here in the city a few one where the lead has become concerned that they're going to be here for months instead of for the guys this is really a cultural night before they get to the united states the welcome has been less will. be more accusations there are people here with addictions there are people here that think of a magic that's coming from the city's authorities now of course we're right here to

giving up on their dreams others are just arriving further stretching resources at makeshift camps john holeman has that story now from the border. after protests on sunday that breached the u.s. border fence almost one hundred central americans with the pool to it from mexico but the disturbances also spoke to russia others in the caravan who decided to go to their own accord government trucks with those who had enough alex was among those waiting for the next ride home. if we jumped the war they sailed the kick us out they don't want us here things get dangerous after everything that happened yesterday so it's decided to go home but. for many sundays tear gas and police lines were reality check they know now just how hard it's going to be to get across and how much this u.s. administration wants to stop the few are equipped to wait for that loot change winter's coming but most have tents at best in this makeshift camp in. the cemetery conditions of rudimentary worsening local authorities worried about the threat of disease. when we offered this temporary shelter it was kind of three thousand

troops sent to the border are allowed to use lethal force against microbes quote if they have to john holeman reports on the mexican border city of tijuana. cold and hungry after a day's travel to teach one of the myths can us border around one thousand people arriving at the final base camp for a caravan of central americans they join about three thousand already here preparing for the final leg of their journey. my dream is to arrive in the united states to help my mother she has troubles i'm twenty seven and she raised me alone god help me cross. that crossing won't happen for some time if it does at all the u.s. authorities are processing asylum claims slowly and beefing up border security has become a ball today this is just one of the long lines of people waiting to get into the sports complex that's been converted into a temporary migrant shelter but it was already almost full before their right and the challenge for authorities here into one is going to be what do they do with all these extra people. the new arrivals woke up after a night sleeping on a baseball field. when we arrived

if they even managed to cross the border john holeman reports from tijuana. this is an only pull list for the caravan of central americans into one room by volunteers the queue of those waiting to us u.s. authorities for asylum for those on it the key question remains do they actually qualify over weeks out to tierra has talked to dozens of people traveling from douras most told us this their primary reason for fleeing their homeland is increasing poverty in a country where living costs of salut like no reach to make sixty dollars a month not enough to cover the basic needs of herself or the six children when you do the sounds of what you need to buy food clothes shoes for the children it's not enough it's not even enough for the food but there's a problem for her many others economic migrants don't qualify for asylum in the united states that means that many in this care of and that destined to be disappointed that's a huge problem for them and the city the plan now it's becoming a. well tonight a major shift camp set up for people is overflowing onto the pa

giving up on their dreams others are just arriving further stretching resources makeshift camps john holeman has that story from. after protests on sunday that breached the u.s. border fence almost one hundred central americans with the pool to it from mexico but the disturbances also spoke to russian others in the caravan who decided to go to. government trucks with those who'd had enough alex was among those waiting for the next ride home you know. if we jumped the war they sailed up kick us out they don't want us here things would get dangerous after everything that happened yesterday so we decided to go home but. for many sundays tear gas and police lines were reality check they know now just how hard it's going to be to get across and how much this u.s. administration wants to stop the few are equipped to wait for that loot change winter's coming but most have tents at best in this makeshift camp in. the cemetery conditions of rudimentary worsening local authorities worried about the threat of disease. when we offered this temporary shelter it was kind of three thousand five hundred peo

cartel from carrying on with its illegal business this is part two of a three part series from john holeman on the man known as chapel. the impending trial of blocking guzman the former king of mexico's criminal underworld might be stopping traffic in new york but back in his home state cinna lower things have simply moved on these caps proclaiming the wealth and fame of the man they call chapel used to be top sellers now they're almost gone so to the protests that called for his release. even in his organization the sin aloa cartel it's more or less business as usual after a vicious succession battle there are still tensions between his brother and sons they've gone back to doing what they could producing and distributing vast amounts of drugs. we asked a similar low a police chief why detaining top criminal hasn't led to a cartel implosion. one of. the structure of the organization is linear it's not completely vertical the leadership of the chopper was already declining and he delegated functions to his lieutenants and they always he dealt with certain things . this in a low a cartel is

gas was fired at the asylum seekers on sunday as they attempted to jump over the border fence john holeman has more from tijuana. things have calmed down a fair bit there's been a bit more of a print police presence around the camp that we're at now this is a camp that's been set up in a sports complex it's been horridly turned into that but what authorities and we just spoke to the guys from the municipal government here who's running the camp and he said what he's really worried about the moment is the risk of infection setting in he's got about five thousand five hundred people here there's not really any space most of them are sleeping in tents or if they haven't got tents out in the open around the pavement outside the toilet situation they not managing to move that way from the toilets quickly enough so all sorts of things here are really creating the perfect situation for some sort of illness that's one of the worries for the authorities here you can see with just outside they can't now there's quite a few tents here this one is called human rights set up for the people here and the