Mexican migrants to get US mapsBBC - A Mexican government agency is to issue some 70,000 maps marking main roads and water tanks for people wanting to cross illegally into the US.
The National Human Rights Commission says the maps will be aimed at cutting the death toll among migrants.
US advocates of tougher border controls have criticised the move, saying it will encourage illegal immigration.
Relations between the US and Mexico have cooled recently over US plans to build a fence on parts of the border.
The map plan is backed by Humane Borders, a US-based organisation which operates about 70 emergency water stations near the 3,200-km (2,000-mile) border. ...
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