Mexico migration chief resigns, prisons director tapped

    MEXICO CITY --- Mexico's immigration chief resigned Friday and the country's prisons director was swiftly nominated to replace him, as the country embarks on a crackdown on irregular migration through its territory in response to U.S. pressure. The National Immigration Institute said in a brief statement that Tonatiuh Guilln thanked President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador for the opportunity to serve the country, but it did not give a reason for why he presented his resignation. "I thank Tonatiuh very much. He helped in the beginning of this government," said Lpez Obrador, who had asked that the immigration chief step down. "Now I am proposing as his substitute ...

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