The Corozal Border Technique. – Frightened and in a hurry, hundreds of migrants, including families with children, reach the shore Usumacinta River to board wooden boats to cross illegally on Mexican territory through the Corozal Border, in the municipality Ocosingo, considered territory of the The Zapatista army of National Liberation (EZLN).
It is border point Guatemala, as well as Benemérito de las Américas and Las Margaritas were excluded from operations in National Institute of Migration (INM) to stop the flow of Central Americans, because they are Zapatista territory, but it is the place where the poleros take advantage to enter tMexican territory whole families.
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During a tour of universal through the border town Technology Several groups of migrants were noticed, including women with minors, some who carried them in their arms and others pulled them so as not to lose the rhythm imposed by the cops, who forbade them to talk to anyone.
Migrants traveling on their own walk for 164 kilometers Jungle Lacandon He goes to the municipality of Palenque, but also the coyotes take the people hidden in three-ton or Van-type trucks, in which they travel in most cases at night.
Migrants traveling on their own 164 km walk through the Lacandon jungle to 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 his relatives 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 of MIGRANT Coming mainly from Honduras and El Salvador, he chose to take the jungle route in the department of Petén, Guatemala, to reach the border with Mexico, taking advantage of the limited vigilance of the authorities.
María Elena says that four months ago her daughter died and took care of her three grandchildren, with whom she had to run because they tried to kill her.
He regrets that there is no work in Honduras and accuses them of having a corrupt leader linked to drug trafficking and that the country is overwhelmed by gangs that kill those who do not pay the “war tax”.
“I hope to find what we don’t have in Honduras, I will fight for my grandchildren so that they have a better future,” she said.
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María Elena says she is aware of the dangers on the road, but has no choice: United States “.