La Técnica-Frontera Corozal.— Fearful and with hasty steps, hundreds of migrants, including families with children, arrive on the bank of the Usumacinta river to board wooden boats to enter Mexican territory irregularly via Frontera Corozal, in the municipality Ocosingo, considered territory of Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN).
It is border point with Guatemala, as well as Benemérito de las Américas and Las Margaritas were outside the operations of the National Institute for Migration (INM) to stop the flow of Central Americans zapatista territory, but it’s what the polleros use to enter tMexican Territory to whole families.
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During a tour of THE UNIVERSAL through the border town The technique The arrival of different groups of migrants was observed, including women with minors, some carrying them in their arms and others drew them in so as not to lose the pace imposed by the polleros, which forbade them from talking to anyone.
Self-employed migrants walk 164 kilometers on the Lacandon jungle On the way to the municipality of Palenque, but also the coyotes take people hidden in three-ton or Van-type trucks, in which they usually travel at night.
Migrants who travel independently walk 164 km through the Lacandon jungle towards Palenque.
“We know the danger”
Grandmother María Elena, originally from Santa Bárbara, Honduras, travels with her three grandchildren between the ages of five and eight.
In this part of the border, known as La Técnica, he took a break while family members in the United States sent him money to continue his journey to South Carolina, where he hopes to meet them again.
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The woman, like hundreds migrants Coming mainly from Honduras and El Salvador, he chose to take the jungle route from the department of Petén, Guatemala, to reach the border with Mexico, taking advantage of the authorities’ limited vigilance.
María Elena tells that four months ago her daughter died and took care of her three grandchildren, with whom she Walk away because they tried to kill her.
He regrets that there is no work in Honduras and accuses them of having a corrupt ruler linked to drug trafficking and that the country is being overwhelmed by gangs killing those who do not pay the “war tax”.
“I hope to find what we don’t have in Honduras, I’m going to fight for my grandchildren so they have a better future,” said the woman.
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María Elena says she is aware of the dangers on the road, but she has no choice: ‘We all know the danger we find ourselves in, but we must hold on to God, he is the one who decides whether we will be in be able to go to the United States or not. “