
At least 95 migrants were held at the Monterrey airport for illegal residence in the country. Photo: INM
MEXICO CITY
Nearly one hundred Central American and Cuban migrants have been detained by authorities from Mexico after arriving at the airport in the northern city of Monterrey with no documents proving that he regularly resides in the country, the government reported Saturday.
Agents from the National Migration Institute (INM) on Friday identified 70 Hondurans, 14 Guatemalans, six Salvadorans and five Cubans arriving on two commercial flights at Monterrey International Airport, Nuevo León – a border state with the United States. One was from Villahermosa, Tabasco, while the other was from Cancun, Quintana Roo, two states to the Southeast.
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The majority (72 out of 95) apparently arrived in 27 family groups “of between two and five members each,” the Department of the Interior (Internal Affairs), on which the INM depends, detailed in a statement.
Eight members of the group are unaccompanied minors – four from Honduras, three from El Salvador and one from Guatemala – and were under the tutelage of the Comprehensive Family Development System, which will also serve and house the 27 families, he added . .
The remaining 15 adults, three women and 12 men, were transferred to an immigration station in Nuevo León to begin the process of returning to their countries of origin.
The flow of undocumented immigrants crossing the border of Mexico With the United States, it has increased since the beginning of President Joe Biden’s administration in January, which dismantled some of the policies of Donald Trump’s administration.
#Bulletin @INAMI_mx in #NL identified 95 people with irregular stays upon arrival @MTYAirport 72 said they travel as a family and 8 #NNA they were left unaccompanied in the #SistemaDIF local. https://t.co/vP9h0KiH92 pic.twitter.com/6Wq5rCOC0B
– INM (@INAMI_mx) March 20, 2021
Thousands of people, mostly Central Americans, have returned to the border hoping to cross and seek asylum, claiming the poverty and violence they suffer in their countries of origin.
Data from the US Customs and Border Protection Office shows that in February alone, 100,000 people were caught attempting to enter that country illegally.
The government of MexicoIt, for its part, has strengthened surveillance at its border with Guatemala to prevent the passage of undocumented immigrants trying to reach the United States alone, after identifying 4,180 Central American minors who have been traveling irregularly since January.
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