They sold their house and the few belongings they had on the Island in search of medical treatment for their son Adonis, who is two years and eight months old. “He still doesn’t walk, he doesn’t have cephalic support, he doesn’t sit down, he doesn’t do anything for him, he doesn’t speak, he doesn’t follow objects, he doesn’t do anything,” he told Univision. the child’s father, Adonis Céspedes Pérez.
In December, Céspedes, his wife and the child left Cuba, where due to lack of money for the trip, their other daughter had to stay. They flew to Nicaragua and from there they began the journey. Like the majority of Cubans who have used the Central American route, they had difficulties, “we crossed rainy hills with the child in our arms, days on a bus without being able to bathe.”
In order to get to Sonora, a Mexican state bordering the US, they traveled overcrowded together “with 26 other people in a van for six” passengers. Given the despair for the child’s health, they turned themselves in to the Border Patrol on January 8. Céspedes and his family were immediately deported by Title 42, the health law implemented by the US authorities during covid-19.
This family of Cubans was returned by Nogales to Mexico. “They took us to a shelter in Hermosillo,” said Céspedes, but in the place “the food they gave us did not go down well with the child and he was getting dehydrated.”
This family of Cubans was returned by Nogales to Mexico. “They took us to a shelter in Hermosillo,” said Céspedes, but there “the food they gave us did not go down well with the child and he was getting dehydrated,” so they returned to Nogales.
For three months, the Céspedes family has been in the Casa de la Divina Misericordia shelter, which since 2000 has served as a refuge for hundreds of migrants seeking the American dream.
The shelter is currently at its maximum capacity and offers service to 125 migrants. At this site, located on a hill in the center of Héroica Nogales, Céspedes and his family have been looking for an appointment through the CBP One application for three months.
While this family is already in northern Mexico, hundreds of migrants are trying to reach that part of the country. Last week, in the state of Chiapas, the so-called “Viacrucis” caravan made up of around 3,500 foreigners that left Tapachula was dissolved. The migration authorities granted them a safe-conduct that allows them free transit for 45 days, as confirmed by the director of Pueblos Sin Fronteras, Irineo Mujica.
The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said this Monday that he will meet with representatives of the Government of Joe Biden to review the migration strategy
The documents were granted after two days in which about 12 migrants, including a Cuban, sewed their lips together. Among the demands was to give free transit, a humanitarian visa, facilities to access a means of transportation and the demand for justice for the death of 40 people in a ranch controlled by the National Institute of Migration in Ciudad Juárez.
This Sunday, the Mexican authorities began the judicial process against the head of Migration, Francisco Garduño, for the “crime of improper exercise of public service” in the case of the death of migrants in Ciudad Juárez. The judge determined “not to grant pre-trial detention”, so the official must go to sign every 15 days, in addition to the fact that he “will be able to remain in his position.”
The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said this Monday that he will meet with representatives of the Government of Joe Biden to review the migration strategy. In addition, he asked migrants “not to risk” before the imminent end of Title 42 on May 11.
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