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Raid on migrant camp in Chihuahua ends in fight and fire

Raid on migrant camp in Chihuahua ends in fight and fire

According to local media, the operation was carried out in the early hours of Saturday, January 18, in the area known as Juan Pablo II, south of the capital of Chihuahua. Before leaving for Ciudad Juárez, migrants stop in this city, where they temporarily live in small tent and cardboard houses.

The Reuters agency points out that around 250 Mexican officials of the National Migration Institute (INM), municipal police, the National Guard and the Army surrounded the point with patrols.

Several buses also arrived at the camp since the objective was for the migrants to board the units to transport them to the southern border of Mexico, an immigration agent who requested anonymity revealed to Reuters.

The migrants, in response to the raid, set fire to their belongings as a sign of protest, while trying to leave the place carrying their babies and other belongings.

The fire was controlled in less than an hour and no injuries or deaths were reported.

Among the migrants were Venezuelan families who had made a stop in Chihuahua, 360 kilometers from Ciudad Juárezas part of his journey to the United States.

Daniel Barrios, a Venezuelan migrant, stated that the police force was disconcerting: “They surrounded the camp, asked to talk, that they were going to carry out a search. “Is it logical to come with this entire police force supposedly to carry out a search in a camp when they can do it during the day?”

Another family recounted their fear and confusion as they fled the scene. A woman sobbed as she hugged two girls, while other men held small children. Behind them, a plume of red smoke rose from the camp.

“We arrived at this shelter today and we don’t know what is happening,” declared one of the migrants. “We are disoriented. We are afraid.”

Chihuahua media reported that at least 12 migrants were detained by federal authorities, however, there is no further detail about their status or if they have already been transferred to the southern border.



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