In one declareImmigration authorities said they found 145 women and 455 men in closed trucks traveling north to the US border.
The majority of the migrants – around 400 – come from neighboring Guatemala, while a significant number also come from Honduras, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Bangladesh.
A total of 12 countries are represented in migrant profiles, with El Salvador, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Ghana, India and Cameroon making up the rest.
The INM said it has begun processing people and will notify child protection agencies of the cases of unaccompanied minors and families, and then decide to send them home or not. give them the opportunity to stay in Mexico through a formalization procedure. .
In July, US Customs and Border Protection arrests 212,672 people trying to cross the border between Mexico and the United States – the highest number of people arrested at the border in two decades.
Between October 2020 and June 2021, more than 1 million migrants were arrested at the border. The crisis prompted the US to race radio advertising in Central America to try to stop people from migrating.
In fiscal year 2021, there are 557 deaths registered by US Border Patrol – the highest number since records began and a significant increase from 254 deaths in 2020.
Migration is very common from Central American countries like Honduras, where there are hurricanes, violence, corruption, food insecurity and lack of economic opportunity. leaving many people with no other choice.
Elsewhere in Latin America, an immigration crackdown accompanied by the emigration of Venezuelans and large numbers of Haitian people moving across the continent has resulted in a migration crisis in the area.
By mid-2020, international migrants accounted for 2.6% of the total South American population, up significantly from less than 1% registered in 2015, according to International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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