The migrants, identified as Jordani, Aniel and Rolando, escaped jumping from the second floor of the house where they were retained.
Madrid, Spain.- Three Cuban citizens managed to escape on Tuesday from an alleged security house in Cancun, state of Quintana Roo, and presented themselves by their own means at the base of the National Guard to ask for help. As they reported, in the house where they were retained there are seven other people deprived of liberty.
The events occurred around 6:50 in the Supermanzana 221 of Cancun, when the migrants, identified as Jordani, Aniel and Rolando, arrived barefoot, disoriented and visibly affected to the military headquarters located on Chac Mool Avenue. According to his testimony, cited by the local press, They managed to escape by jumping from the second floor of the house where they were held against their will.
After receiving them, the National Guard troops activated the victim care protocol, provided medical assistance to the Cubans and notified the competent authorities. Agents from the State Attorney General’s Office and the National Migration Institute (INM), which assumed the investigation of the case.
The three Cubans are currently in custody of the INM, out of danger and as victims, while the authorities try to locate the denounced house and confirm the existence of seven other captive people inside.
The area where the events occurred was safeguarded by federal forces, while the investigation is extended. The testimony of migrants points to a pattern that has been repeated in other regions of Mexico: the kidnapping or extortion of Cubans and other migrants, retained in clandestine houses by criminal organizations that profit from their vulnerability.
Last April Nine Cuban women were rescued by Mexican authorities after an operation carried out in a bar in Cancun, where they were sexually exploited as part of a network of Trafficking in people. The intervention was coordinated by the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) and the Secretariat of the Navy.
In the place 16 women of legal age were rescued, including nine Cubans, in addition to two Mexicans, two Venezuelan, two Colombians and a jamaican. As detailed by the FGE, the victims were forced to offer sexual services for which up to 5 thousand Mexican pesos were charged, of which 3 thousand were destined for the bar manager. They also had to consume drinks with customers – 500 pesos per cup, with 250 for the manager – and make private dances for 250 pesos every three minutes.
