Mexican authorities reported the arrest of 24 Cuban migrants crossing Aztec territory irregularly.
According to a statement from the National Migration Institute (INM), the operation was carried out on December 28, but it was not until January 2 that the authorities shared the information.
The Cubans were being held in Tlaxcala state, and six other undocumented migrants were traveling with the Cubans: four from Nicaragua and two others from El Salvador.
“On December 28, 2022, the National Institute of Migration in Tlaxcala and the SSC identified 30 people traveling in two vans on Boulevard Luis Donaldo Colosio, Municipality of Huamantla; They could not prove their regular residence in the country: 24 Cubans, two Salvadorans and four Nicaraguans,” the INM indicated on its social networks.
On December 28th, 2022 the @INAMI_mx #Tlaxcala Y #SSC identified on Blvd. Luis Donaldo Colosio, Parish #huamantla, 30 people traveling in two vans; they could not prove their regular residence in the country:
🇨🇺24 Cubans
🇸🇻2 Salvadorans
🇳🇮4 Nicaraguans pic.twitter.com/Orcg2al3Wr— INM (@INAMI_mx) January 2, 2023
Photos shared by the institution show the undocumented people being loaded onto INM vehicles to take them to a migrant detention center.
All migrants remained in the care of immigration authorities, who will decide whether they can continue north or be sent back to their respective countries.
migrants in Mexico
for months The Mexican authorities have denounced an increase in the number of Cuban migrants detained on their territoryBecause there doesn’t seem to be a solution to the massive exodus in Cuba.
The lack of food and medicine, as well as the economic crisis that has long plagued the island, are forcing more and more people to try their luck abroad, especially in the United States, where they are even trying to get there illegally.
This has been facilitated thanks to the free visa policy that Nicaragua adopted in late 2021, which opened a new, shorter and safer route for those wishing to begin an irregular migration process.
The same policy was responsible for the fact that the authorities of countries like Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, which lie between Nicaragua and Mexico, also saw an increase in the number of Cuban citizens trying to cross their territory.