MIAMI, United States.- The Mexican National Guard, Highways Division, arrested this Friday 13 undocumented Cubans who were traveling hidden in the bed of a truck, according to the local newspaper The Impartial.
The events occurred at a security point located at kilometer five of the highway that connects Huajuapan, Oaxaca and the capital of said state.
According to the information, the 13 Cubans, who were traveling hidden in a red Chevrolet truck, were placed at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) for the corresponding investigations.
Likewise, along with the Cuban citizens, in a car that was traveling together, the Mexican authorities detained two men and a woman, “who allegedly transported the undocumented.”
Just two days ago, the official site Cubadebate reported that the Government of Mexico, in compliance with the migratory agreements between the two countries, repatriated 37 migrants Cubans (24 men and 13 women) to the island, since they were irregularly in the Aztec nation.
According to Cubadebate, the Cubans had left the island legally by third countries and were detained when they tried to cross the border into the United States.
Cubadebate specified that so far in 2022 there have been 14 air deportations from Mexico, and 39 between sea and air from different countries.
Likewise, 928 Cubans have been returned from the Aztec country, 695 from the United States, 55 from the Bahamas and 2 from the Cayman Islands.
The numbers of the Cuban exodus have increased considerably in recent months. Last March alone, more than 32,000 Cuban migrants entered through the southern border of the United States.
Earlier this week, the Mexican National Migration Institute (INM) also reported the arrest of nine Cubans who were traveling irregularly through the Mexican municipality of Palmar de Bravo on a tourist bus.
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