heilemann reports from the state. there's bullet holes in the door but this house might hold more secrets within we've come to the 1st big hunt for the disappeared in the state of michoacan southwest mexico suspects in a police investigation revealed a number of places where they've hit of bodies. and this is the 1st stop to try and find that someone might be under the floor. the cement in there is newer than inside and it sounds hollow that's what people do when it bury some one underneath and put down concrete to hide it. there's a brotherhood among the family searching for the nearly 80000 disappeared across mexico erik's traveled more than 2000 kilometers to help the locals they're going to somebody i've got a son who disappeared in tijuana and i feel the same pain as these families so i've come to join their cause. because many of the teams of gangs or even authorities the tools their relatives used to find the basic this is the way that you search for the disappeared right across mexico push this through out int

heilemann is following events for us from mexico city. i think this is the 1st time that he's been directly signalled that he's being investigated by the united states it's not however the 1st time he's been implicated in the same case back in january he was quoted in court documents as saying he wanted to shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos referring to the americans that's what someone else said that he said back in 2019 his own brother was convicted of drug trafficking so there's been a lot of rumors and a lot of controversy swirling around one orlando and on this for some time now the country that he presides over honduras is 157180 countries in the corruption perception index of transparency international so i think a lot of people in that country that we've obviously visited many times are going to be surprised by this tool they've seen the rule of law in that country continually undercut by this administration itself and by politicians in general in the country now what there is an implication here for is not just one

our john thanks a lot john heilemann reporting from mexico city opposition politicians in haiti have named the president an effort to drive out jeff in the moyes as joseph messina as your louis who has been selected as the new leader is the oldest judge in the country supreme court the opposition says that president is his 5 year term expired on sunday but the president says he still has another year to rule more than 20 people were arrested on sunday for an alleged coupe thought or joseph messina as your louis has released a video message accepting the appointment by haiti's opposition. following the resolution of the judiciary officially noting the end of the constitutional mandate of the president of the republic has excellent seems to recover no moyse on the 7th of february 2021 i declare that i accept the choice of the opposition and civil society for serve my country as in term president of the transition of rupture the united states says it will reengage with the un human rights council after leaving under former president donald trump back in 2018 states anthony blinken echoe

for a better life john heilemann reports now from mexico city. that's. going to go a bombshell in mexico tuesday night the killing and burning of 19 people among them guatemalan migrants was perpetrated by police said authorities entirely persist. at least 12 members of the state police took part in the events of the 22nd of january this theory gained traction because the crime scene was altered there's an absence of shells and bullets the police also contradicted themselves in their report of the crime and in interviews with officers. the suspects are now under arrest that won't be much of a consolation to rayna parents backing guatemala who suspected her brother was among the victims even before the news of the alleged police involvement broke the law. the truth is that everyone was there from our community they all went on that trip said the relatives have told us that they died and that's how we knew that he was one of them but. this keeps happening not just the kidnapping killing an extortion of central american migrants heading through mexico most

heilemann al-jazeera mexico city. israel has begun demolishing a bedouin village in the occupied west bank for a 2nd time in just 3 months rights groups say they're trying to displace an entire palestinian community from the area to make way for illegal israeli settlements israel says the village was built on military land neither abraham reports now from the occupied west bank. only a few hours after israeli forces demolished their homes these palestinians are rebuilding their homes sold for coverage in the northern jordan valley in the occupied west bank has been home to dozens of palestinians who have lived here for decades israel declared the area as a military training zone in the 1980 s. and has been demolishing structures here ever since it was going to be after rebuild they come back take pictures on the mall is the village again we are tired of having slept. 3 months ago israeli forces raised the whole village on once they came back and demolished what has been rebuilt when we had. the children already scared

heilemann how small. joe biden had said things would change on the very 1st day of his presidency for the thousands in the same position as martinez she's from cuba and cross 9 countries to ask for asylum in the united states but under a program begun 2 years ago by ex-president donald trump she was put back to weigh in mics. between her court hearings she spent 2 years now waiting in see it out what he's for a decision. the misfit i was that the baby can also it's quite dangerous because we're on the border we're not from here and dangerous present all the time so we put our hope in president biden and everything he promised in his campaign we hope he sticks to his promises. what joe biden promised was to end the program could remain in mexico which is see more than 60000 asylum seekers put across the border from the u.s. while they wait between court dates many were placed into gang ridden cities like qualities or matamoros with this tent camp sprung up isn't done that yet but he has done is to stop him

heilemann has more now from mexico city. he's 67 years old he has got high blood pressure he also had a heart attack in 2013 so this is a president that even when he got into power there were certain questions about his health so far during his tenure as time in power he hasn't had any serious health problems but will be keeping an eye on this and it comes at a time in mexico when there are serious problems for the country in trying to deal with the pandemic the hospitals in the capital are close to full and have been for some weeks now there's a real shortage of oxygen tanks for those who are trying to to treat their relatives at home so it's a real critical situation this week alone recruits have been broken more than once of the number of people that die daily from coated and the number of daily patients from coated and president and his men will look his oprah dork throughout this pandemic he and his administration have been criticized the handling of it he's someone who has not like tunas occasions refused to wear a mas

heilemann has more. one of president biden's 1st executive actions to stop the funds to build this. he's pretty to sis is will one of his signature projects of course it won't leave the u.s. wide open there was already a significant amount of fencing and security on the buddha but activists say it's an important gesture no more than one of us there. that will not we can't spend a single penny more on the construction on a wall of hate of shame a racist well. i mean it's comprised an under his money well lopez obrador is hoping for more a path to citizenship for undocumented migrants already in the united states the case is it is a ready we've been proposing that our countrymen who have been working for years should be regularized contributing to the development of that great nation. and. president biden does have a plan from a path to citizenship for more than 10000000 people who haven't got legal status. but there are many more still trying to get there in the days before the. gratian thousands of from

heilemann is joining us from mexico city so john any reaction from officials there on the announcement that by then it will stop the construction of the us mexico border while it's a lot of as executive order. no reaction to that we heard from president lopez obrador that's what he said in the morning that's really what makes because peretz he was obviously the border wall president trump now ex-president trump said that he was going to get mexico to pay for it that never happened and after that i think mexicans were more sort of curious about that they saw president trump as a bit of a bogeyman and he said some pretty horrible things about mexicans while on the campaign saying that they were sending rapists and criminals the worst of them into the country but i don't think it ever went further than that i think what they'll be more interested in is what president will preside over the door we're speaking about there are about trying to regularize the status of undocumented migrants in the u.s. and president joe biden does actually have a plan to do that a path to citizenship for more

heilemann thank you for that update from mexico city and from mexico we take you back to washington d.c. there's come out santa maria he's been bringing us the coverage of the inauguration throughout the day he's joining us now to bring us up to speed with the mood at the events because you were there so from your vantage point what was it like for you and did they manage to make it into a celebration despite the crowds. definitely during definitely i must admit when we got here earlier today. it. i mean it's felt all the whole few days we've been here very quiet mostly just media and national guard troops and from this point here looking back on the capital the area where. the ceremony happened looks tiny any sort of well we're just looking in on this it's a little bit voyeuristic actually and then once things got going the sense of occasion really did take over from here we could you know hear that we could hear the the national anthem sung by lady gaga we could hear the crowd the speeches and the smart sound all during but the occasion rose to the occasion in the end even without

and hoping for a warmer welcome under the biden administration john heilemann has a story. a couple of 100 people gathered in some pedro sula honduras in the early hours of thursday morning to start their journey to an improbable destination the united states. it's a far cry from the thousands in the caravans of 201819 who hoped that by sheer force of numbers they could make it to their promise land. but the last one didn't get further than guatemala and this time to the country is deploying security forces and demanding code vitesse from anyone wanting to cross the capital and you only bring up papers supposedly what they've asked us to bring they asked for the covert 19 test and have all the paperwork in order even if they make it further up the route the mets computers equally tough i so want to try to. the answer for many is that they're desperate after a double whammy of tropical storms in november many people have been left with next to nothing but a middle up on the 1st the pandemic then the 2 downpours that left us in crisis and i think that because my child is disa

heilemann al-jazeera. hundreds of families in refugee camps in bangladesh have been left without shelter after a fire swept through a district in cox's bazaar the blaze destroyed more than 500 homes on thursday no casualties are being reported many of the refugees are running good muslims who fled violence and persecution under me and. votes and are being counted in uganda's closely contested election supporters of opposition candidate bobby wine gathered at polling stations to watch ballots being cast because of fears of fraud one wants to end the present yarima seventies 35 years in power catherine so reports from the capital kampala voting in some polling stations started late because of delays in the delivery of materials at this station on the outskirts of kampala people waited patiently for an hour before they could cast their ballots one thing we had disappointed when they were the government has handed over the whole purses you know that the internet is going to acting and everything is down presid

heilemann our ports the situation has been made even worse by massive storms and the pandemic. this is son togo s.q.l. the guatemalan health worker today is heading to the village of kamiya in the east of the country as usual one of his big worries is that people there are not getting enough food. for years of drought large families and few jobs have all contributed to chronic malnutrition here in general what somalia has one of the highest rates in the world the 2015 survey found that almost half the country's children was stunted for lack of food. and quick or. that other delicate thin underweight you see their ribs their faces are thin and sometimes parts of them swell up. but lately things have got even worse and not just because of the pandemic in november 2 massive storms hit what tomalin quick succession ruining crops across the country . one of our biggest dina's house was destroyed along with her life story well and then is guaranteed that any and everything was lost i had 35 chickens and they're all gone according as well the for us that. her daughter has a female los

heilemann reports now from mexico city. this wednesday night mexico announced its 2nd worst daily death in case toll since the pandemic began i many of the hospitals in the capital and surrounding area full but the president's not just worried about those here he said he was ready to provide vaccines for mexicans in the u.s. after the governor of the state of nebraska said the undocumented workers in its meat packing sector would be the last in line to get the job. we are in time for everyone to be vaccinated for our fellow country men and we will do everything possible so that migrants are not denied this possibility for him to get vaccines to nebraska might be a logistical hurdle too far but back home the program is rolling out only not fast enough to stop the worst strain of medical services since this began. in mexico city the government's handing out free oxygen refills to the many trying to take care of themselves ill relatives at home. for them in case it's a form of support that people need without the support it wo