Migrants who become victims of crimes inside Mexican territory, including being trafficked inside cargo trucks, don't report these out of fear of retaliation from criminal groups or of being deported. “There is absolute impunity,” a former Mexican immigration official said.
Tapachula, Mexico, Oct 12 (EFE).- Road blockades in Guatemala and the country’s political crisis have temporarily slowed the arrival of thousands of migrants at Mexico’s southern border, several of them told EFE. Gabino Antonio is a Honduran migrant who left his country to reach the United States and has faced numerous problems crossing Guatemala in …
Juan Manuel Blanco Tapachula (Mexico), Sep 25 (EFE) – The Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid (Comar) predicted Monday a 30% increase in the daily attention of applicants at its new offices in Tapachula, on Mexico’s border with Guatemala, in the face of the new wave of migrants. Daladier Anzueto, coordinator of Comar in Chiapas, explained …
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) asked his US colleague Joseph Biden to take a look at his closest neighbors when allocating aid funds. The two leaders met Monday in Mexico City to discuss the needs of the American continent in the coming years, particularly regarding cooperation and migration.
Tapachula, Mexico, Aug 23 (EFE).- The caravan of about 500 migrants who departed earlier this week from Mexico’s southern border on Tuesday advanced about 80 kilometers (50 miles) to the town of Villa Comaltitlan amid complaints from members of the group of robberies and rape. The caravan, including people from about 10 nations, left Tapachula …