Honduran authorities intercepted a total of 113 migrants from Cuba and Ecuador attempting to enter Mexico to travel to the United States.
A report from La Razón de México assures that the arrest came after two operations that enabled the arrest of a group of 50 migrants from Cuba trying to get to Nicaragua and two suspected smugglers responsible for their transfer.
“The citizens of the island were captured in the province of Danlí while traveling in a truck. The detainees made themselves available to the authorities to clarify their legal situation and to defend themselves against the alleged crime of human trafficking.
It also adds that all migrants were first taken to the border with Guatemala to get to Mexico and later continue their way to the United States, the country that was their final destination.
“In a second operation, the Honduran authorities also arrested 58 people from Ecuador and five from Cuba who were convicted by a suspected coyote,” reports the portal.
According to the report, hundreds of Cuban and Haitian migrants are currently waiting in the province of El Paraíso to leave the territory to continue to Mexico, where there are also foreigners, and reach the United States.
This Sunday, the newsroom of Cubita NOW reported that more than fifty Cuban migrants were detained by US Border Patrol agents in the Arizona desert on Saturday.
John R. Modlin, sector chief of the US Border Patrol Tucson, said via Twitter that the group was found by Tucson station agents east of Sasabe, Arizona.
“Sixty-four migrants were found by Tucson station agents east of Sasabe, AZ. The group consisted mostly of adults from Cuba,” Modlin said in the tweet.
Similarly, he added that “five were citizens of Guatemala and Honduras. The group was transported to Tucson for medical evaluation and treatment.”
About two weeks ago, 77 immigrants, most of them Cubans, were rescued by US Border Patrol agents trying to cross into Arizona from the Mexican state of Sonora.
“Ajo Station agents found 77 migrants near Lukeville, Arizona, the group consisted of family units and adults, mostly from Cuba,” said Jhon R. Modina, head of the bureau’s Tucson sector, via his Twitter account on the social Network Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for the English acronym).
Similarly, in her tweet, Modina denounced that “traffickers continue to profitably exploit immigrants from numerous countries.”
On the other hand, the official pointed out in his publication that, in addition to the migrants from Cuba, there were also immigrants from countries such as Brazil, Mexico and Peru in the group.
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