The Cuban Marylín Almaguer Hidalgo was injured by the Police in Córdoba, Veracruz, this Wednesday, when the coyote that was transporting her along with 25 other nationals of the Island tried to flee from the agents.
They detained the migrants after the driver lost control of the van they were traveling in and hit four parked vehicles.
According to local media, the driver was being chased by members of the National Guard since he passed through a toll booth located in the Cuitláhuac area. In support of the soldiers, the PMC-12 patrol joined in, from where a police officer fired several times at the truck.
A bullet hit Almaguer Hidalgo, 37, in the left buttock and she was admitted to the General Hospital of Córdoba, where she was reported out of danger.
The rest of the Cubans were handed over to Migration, which transferred them to the Acayucan immigration station, the same one to which 50 Cubans refused to be taken this Wednesday. for fear of being deported.
On the other hand, also on Wednesday, another 14 Cubans were arrested in the Tampaya ejido (San Luis Potosí). There, while the agents of the State Civil Guard carried out a routine tour, they detected several trucks with tinted windows and armed civilians. They fired at the officers, who repelled the attack.
One of those trucks served as a shield so that the rest of the convoy could escape. From it, for example, they launched spikes to stop police vehicles. A little further on, the attackers abandoned 14 Cubans, two women and 12 men, who unsuccessfully tried to evade the soldiers by hiding in the local undergrowth.
The military seized, in addition to the truck, two firearms, three chargers, 19 useful cartridges, 39 bags of drugs and 24 artifacts. puncture rubbers. The Cubans were handed over to Immigration to define their situation.
Similarly, on the same day, Migration reported the arrest of 165 migrantsamong them 145 Cubans, in the town of San Francisco Kobén Campeche, who were traveling aboard two buses.
Asked about all these arrests, a ministerial agent who identifies himself as Guillermo told 14ymedio that, in their attempt to reach the United States, Cubans are increasingly resorting to coyotes and groups linked to organized crime to transit through Mexico.
“These criminals are taking the routes of the center and the Gulf for the transfers in vans,” says the agent, who assures: “What happened in Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, is linked to criminal cells that work for the Gulf cartel, They are in charge of transporting the illegals and bringing them closer to Matamoros, Reynosa or Nuevo Laredo so that they can cross the Rio Grande.”
Each Cuban is charged between 4,000 and 6,800 dollars for the transfer, “depending on the passage through the river and the means of transport, which ranges from a van to vehicles,” says Guillermo. “We have detected that they are charged for alleged temporary permits, protections and even legal advice, but it is all false.”
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