Tapachula, in Chiapas, Mexico.
Diario de Cuba
On Tuesday, January 5, 2021, in front of the offices of the National Institute of Emigration (INM) in Tapachula, a riotous scuffle shattered the delicate tranquility of this small city in Chiapas, southern Mexico. Nearly a thousand migrants who were waiting to process their "humanitarian visitor" cards got into a fistfight. The Mexican National Guard (GN) intervened to quash the chaos, and the local press covered what had happened. When journalists asked those present regarding those responsible for the melee, all fingers pointed at the Cubans.
According to several Central American emigrants on hand, it all started when the Cubans took it upon themselves to organize that line of 1,000 people, almost all of them belonging to the last caravan of immigrants that had just arrived in Tapachula. This impromptu effort, they said, ended up producing a list that clearly benefited emigrants hailing from the island.