Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said today that the government will try to persuade US President George Bush not to sign a bill that would extend a fence along the border to stop millions who cross illegally.

Three Mexican fishermen who say they spent nine months adrift, surviving on rain water, raw fish and faith, were never officially reported as missing, a top Mexican official said.

MEXICO’S foreign relations secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez yesterday said his government will consider helping migrants sue US officials for improper use of so-called “pepper ball” non-lethal missiles.