Edgar H. Clemente, Jesús Estrada and Rubén Villalpando
Correspondents
La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, October 6, 2024, p. 7
A caravan made up of about 800 migrants left yesterday from Tapachula, Chiapas, towards northern Mexico, because on the southern border the procedures take months, and there are no jobs to sustain the wait.
The contingent left the Bicentenario Park to then join the State coastal highway and advance towards Huehuetán, where it will be its first stopover point.
The group is guarded by National Guard patrols, state police and an ambulance from the Ministry of Health.
At one point on the road, agents from the National Migration Institute (INM) offered them help with their regularization procedures so that they would not continue walking, but the migrants rejected the support.
Peruvian Angelo Miguel, questioned about the recent incident in which six migrants – including one of his compatriots – died from gunshots from the Mexican Army, expressed his dismay and recognized the risks of the journey.
The situation is very hard. We found out that one of our compatriots was killed recently, we feel very sad because really the only thing we ask for in Mexico is respect as humans, we also respect them because we are in a foreign country, we want them to give us the necessary support
the native of Peru expressed in an interview.
They retain a hundred
A group of 122 Central American migrants was found in two tractor-trailers during a checkpoint on the Janos-Agua Prieta highway, which connects Chihuahua and Sonora. The undocumented immigrants were located with gamma ray equipment and found in deplorable conditions, so their rescue was carried out, the National Guard reported.
The drivers of both units were detained and, together with the tractor-trailers, were placed at the disposal of the Federal Public Ministry agency.
The foreigners were transferred to INM facilities in Chihuahua, where they received humanitarian assistance, while authorities worked to define their immigration status.
