21.   A Denver man won a court battle Friday against a Mexican immigration policy that critics claim punishes foreign supporters of leftist rebels in the southern state of Chiapas.

22.   And the operation was announced just as Mexican immigration officials have been campaigning against foreigners on tourist visas meddling in political affairs.

23.   District Judge Walter Arrellano threw out an order from Mexican immigration officials to expel Kerry Appel from the country.

24.   Mexican immigration agents have established checkpoints to screen foreigners on roads leading into areas of Chiapas where support for Zapatista rebels runs high.

25.   Mexican immigration authorities detained five people from Macedonia on Thursday as they attempted to cross into the United States reportedly to seek political asylum.

26.   Mexican immigration officers called in two foreigners for questioning after they handed out leaflets protesting the planned visit of Pope John Paul II.

27.   The Italians were heading back to San Cristobal de las Casas, where Mexican immigration officials awaited them.

28.   The Salvadorans were turned over to Mexican immigration authorities.

29.   When Mexican immigration inspectors opened the train car, two people had, in fact, died of suffocation, and a third died shortly after.

30.   The two were expected to start official talks later Tuesday over joint efforts to stem drug trafficking and Mexican illegal immigration into the United States.