That Guatemalan Immigration Service entry prevented 21 Cuban migrants into its territory via the border posts of Agua Caliente and Corinto, where they were altogether located 457 people rejected.
“As part of the measures carried out as part of the control and registration plan, 457 people, most of them Venezuelan nationals, were refused entry. The measures were taken at the Agua Caliente border post, where 383 people were denied entry, while in Corinto, 74 people (53 Hondurans and 21 Cubans) were denied entry,” the Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM) reported in an official statement.
According to this institution, they will carry out these actions in the next few days in cooperation with the National Civil Police (PNC) and the Department of Defense, Attorney General’s Office.
“The Guatemalan Migration Institute abides by current migration legislation and promotes regular, orderly and safe migration,” the text reads, but does not specify the destination of the migrants.
Recently, the government of the Central American nation has increased surveillance at border crossings and entry bans for irregular immigrants. At the end of August, the PNC announced the detention of an unknown number of Cuban migrantsas part of various operations in the Chiquimula area, near the border with Mexico.
In total, 597 undocumented immigrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Senegal, Afghanistan, China and Panama were located during the week of August 21-27, who were handed over to the Guatemalan Migration Institute and transferred to different jurisdictions. , where they will be treated and prosecuted for entering that country illegally.
Also last on August 25th A total of 128 irregular migrants, including another unspecified number of Cubans, were arrested by the National Civil Police, in operations carried out at kilometers 227 and 228 of the Inter-American Highway, at the border of Agua Caliente, Esquipulas, Chiquimula and on 17th and 7th streets. Avenue, from zone 1 of the capital.
A few days later the authorities 10 people from Cuba were expelled from Guatemalan territory. “After receiving humanitarian and medical assistance in the CAMIEX of the Guatemalan Migration Institute, 25 migrants were expelled (6 from Ecuador, 9 from Venezuela and 10 from Cuba),” they stated on that occasion.
In general, Cubans, along with Venezuelans and Hondurans, the previous list of deportations at the various points of the Guatemalan border this year.
“From January to date, 9,019 foreign nationals have been expelled by the National Civil Police, located at various points in the Agua Caliente Integrated Border Inspection Post on the border with Honduras in the Department of Chiquimula, from the national territory to those persons who meet the requirements to enter the country to Guatemala,” stressed the IGM in a statement released on August 22.