95 migrants detained at Monterrey airport

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At least 95 migrants have been detained at Monterrey airport due to their illegal stay in the country. Photo: INM

MEXICO CITY

Nearly a hundred migrants from Central and Cuban America have been detained by authorities in Mexico after arriving at the airport in northern Monterrey without documents proving his regular stay in the country, the government reported on Saturday.

Agents at the National Migration Institute (INM) on Friday identified 70 Hondurans, 14 Guatemalans, six Salvadorans and five Cubans who arrived at Monterrey International Airport in Nuevo Leon – a state bordering the United States – on two commercial flights. One was from Villahermosa, Tabasco, while the other was from Cancun, Quintana Roo, two southeastern states.

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The majority (72 of the 95) apparently ended up in 27 family groups “of two to five members each”, the Ministry of Interior (Interior), on which 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 serve and accommodate the 27 families, he added. .

The other 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 trying to reach the border Mexico With the United States, it has grown since the inception of President Joe Biden’s administration in January, which dismantled some of the policies implemented by the Donald Trump administration.

Thousands of people, especially Central Americans, have returned to the border hoping to cross and seek asylum, supporting the poverty and violence they suffer in their home countries.

Data from the US Customs and Border Protection Office indicates that 100,000 people were caught trying to enter the country illegally in February alone.

The government of MexicoIn turn, it has strengthened surveillance at its border with Guatemala to prevent undocumented immigrants trying to reach the United States on their own, after identifying 4,180 Central American minors who have been traveling illegally since January.

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