The woman said that she left Ecuador to flee from the mafias and seek safety, but in southern Mexico there are no conditions to work and they must wait months for their immigration procedures.
“Because now the migrants cannot move from Tapachula, those who evade the controls take days to reach Arriaga (the next control point), which is two hours away by bus,” he said.
Jayak, 33, said that she left with her husband, brother-in-law and two travel companions, who left their country with 1,500 dollars each, but now they have run out of money after suffering extortion from the police in various countries. that they went through
“We are going to return to Ecuador, we came in a fairly large group, but on the way they are disintegrating because they do not have money,” he added.
His case reflects an exponential increase in migration from Ecuador to Mexico, which detected 22,156 Ecuadorians in an irregular situation in 2022, an increase of 1,500% compared to 1,384 in 2021, according to the Migration Policy Unit of the Ministry of the Interior (Segob). .
Another similar story is that of María Fernanda, 35, who is traveling with three girls and her husband.
In Ecuador, she was a street vendor at traffic lights, but when the pandemic arrived, she fell into poverty and suffered extortion from gangs.
With a baby in her arms, she narrated that she risked leaving Ecuador because she had no money, a problem that has worsened after arriving in Mexico.
“I continue fighting in Tapachula and I will continue until I can leave and enter the United States, here it is hard, we are sleeping on the street, we have nothing, not even blankets, clothes, here they close the doors and we have no food,” lament.
The region is experiencing an unprecedented migratory flow with 2.76 million undocumented immigrants detained at the United States border with Mexico in fiscal year 2022.
