beatings and kidnappings juan miguel has had enough. he wants to apply for asylum in the united states. recently deported from there he says he was forced to dig tunnels like these under the border, he managed to escape but can't escape his fears. >> translator: i haven't been able to sleep well. my nerves are shot. i am afraid they are going to kill me. >> reporter: lieutenant jerry can't confirm if migrants built the tunnels but he has seen many over the years. >> we found a lot of drugs, a lot of tunnels that have been connected from mexico in to the u.s. >> reporter: his bob said there is only one word to describe the way migrants are treated by cartels. >> it's slavery. definitely slavery. no two ways about it. what happened after they finish the it up is unknown. maybe they disappear because they become witnesses. >> reporter: that's what juan miguel is afraid of. he just made a complaint about the abuse he suffered from it the police and the cartels. now he says he must leave mexico. >> translator: i am suffering persecution from the government, the police and the crimina

beatings and kidnappings, juan miguel has had enough. he wants to apply for asylum in the united states. recently deported from there he said he was forced to dig tunnels like these under the border. he managed to escape, but he can't escape his fears. >> i haven't been able to sleep well. nerves are shot. i'm afraid they're going to kill me. >> the lieutenant castillo can't confirm if migrants built the tunnels, but he has seen many over the years. >> we've seen a lot of drugs, a lot of tunnels that have been connects from mexico into the u.s. >> his boss said that there is only one word to describe the way migrants are treated by cartels. >> it's slavery definitely slavery. there is no two ways about it. what happens after they finish the tunnel is unknown. maybe they disappear because they become witnesses. >> that's what juan miguel is afraid of. he has made a formal complaint about the now he must leave mexico. >> i'm suffering persecution from the government and police and criminal groups they can't control. i want an opportunity to carry ohen living. >> juan miguel is about to cr

: that's what juan miguel is most afraid of. he's just made a formal complaint about the abuse he says he has suffered from the police and the cartels. now he says he must leave mexico. >> translator: i am suffering persecution from the government, the police, and the criminal groups they can't control. i fear for my life. i just want an opportunity so i can carry on living. >> reporter: juan miguel is about to cross through the mexican side over to the u.s. side and apply officially for asylum now most of these cases are rejected and there is a possibility that he will be detained by u.s. authorities for several months. this is what he is fight to go return to. his home in america. >> translator: it frightens me more the idea of them letting him go in mexico that will be more dangerous right now than if he's locked up. inside he's okay, guarded detained but he's alive. my kids have that irrelevant father there and can visits him. but he is sent back across the border his life is at risk. >> reporter: lawyers told us the best hope is for his case to go on for six months then autho

what juan miguel is most afraid about. he's just made a formal complaint. about the police and the cartels. now he says he must leave mechanism psycho. >> translator: i'm suffering persecution from the government the police and the criminal groups they can't control. i want an opportunity so i can carry on living. is. >> juan miguel is about to cross from the mexico side to the u.s. side and apply for asylum. most of these cases are rejectand there is a possibility that he is detained for several months. this is what he's fighting to return to. his home in america. >> translator: it frightens me more the idea of them letting him go in mex mexico. that'smexico my kids havetheir father and they can visit him but if he's sent back over the border his life is at risk. >> reporter: lawyers tell me his best hope is if his case goes on for six months. adam rainey, al jazeera nogale suffering on the u.s.-mexican border. >>> coming up. we attack political dynasties can hillary and jeb carry on their family dynasties? >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are your top stories this hour

don't know. maybe they disappear because they are witnesses. >> reporter: that is what juan miguel is afraid of. he made a formal complaint about the abuse suffered from the police and cartels, now he must leave mexico, he says. >> translation: i'm suffering persecution from the government, police and political groups they can't control. i fear for my life. i want an opportunity to carry on living. >> he is about to cross the mexican side to the u.s. side and apply for asylum. most of the cases are rejected, and there's a possibility he'll be detained by u.s. authorities for several months. this is what he's fighting to return to, his home in america. >> it frightens me more the idea of letting them go in mexico. that will be more dangerous. than if he's locked up. inside he's okay, guarded, contained, but alive. if he is sent across the border, his life is at risk. >> reporter: lawyers told us the best hope is for the case to go on for six months, and authorities will allow him to go home to family, until an immigration judge decides his fate >>> south korea's president park geun-hye

assassination of a presidential candidate in 1989, miguel mazza marquez was heads of the intelligence agency when luis carlos juan gunned down while campaigning he's accused of taking payments from the drug cartel to help plan that attack. >>> south korea says for two people have died of middle east respiratory syndrome also known as miers. they are the countries' first fay tal from the disease the government is holding an emergency immediate to go on how to prevent the disease from spreading, they have 25 confirmed cases of mers. a new combination of drugs have been found to shrink tumors, as charlie angela reports. >> reporter: when pam smith was diagnosed with skin cancer, she was terrified she wouldn't live to see her grandchildren grow up up. she chose a knew combination of drugs being trial and hasn't look back. >> the drugs have shrunk the tumor. they have that return it from nine millimeters down to four millimeters. and afterwards they found some light lesion on his my lungs but even they have shrunk now to like tinier than a pin prix. >> reporter: the trial used a combinatio