Police in Mexico’s Monterrey community on Wednesday arrested a coyote who charged seven Cubans 21,000 pesos ($1,050) for taking them in a van to Coahuila state, from where they were going to cross the Rio Grande to visit El reach Paso, Texas (USA). ).
The bollard, identified as José Ascencio, was discovered for driving a truck with tinted windows, resulting in a fine under state traffic regulations. “When he was arrested, the driver got out of the unit but could not escape inspection, revealing a woman and six men of Cuban nationality,” officer Cerón of the Metropolitan Police told 14ymedio.
Authorities from the National Migration Institute (INM) took care of the Cubans, who could not prove their legal residence in the country, so they were transferred to a migration station. They will also issue safe passage for the islanders to leave the country within 20 days and be deported if arrested again.
“The driver is under investigation for human and human trafficking and the Special Prosecutor for Immigration Affairs will be pursuing the case,” the city police officer said.
The truck carrying the Cubans was intercepted from Bernardo Reyes Avenue, in a peripheral area of the state of Nuevo León, where the passage of migrants is prevalent due to its proximity to the Central de Autobuses and several hostels. This point is three hours from Coahuila.
“An investigation into human trafficking and human trafficking has been opened against the driver and it will be the Special Prosecutor for Immigration Affairs who will follow up the case.”
According to the Department of Migration Policy of the Interior Ministry, 8,496 migrants were arrested in Nuevo León in the first half of the year, including 325 Cubans. These people are being held in the Zozaya immigration station in Guadalupe, a place denounced for human rights violations, extortion and threats by INM agents.
Cubans Claridad Falcón Roque, Adrialys Caamaño Domínguez, Alejandro Lázaro Falcón Roque, César Mulet Marrero, Brian Michel Tasé Duarte and Dianet Ruiz Herrera, who stayed in Zozaya for more than a month, were released after paying around $1,000, although they received a restraining order injunction had been granted by a judge.
Arbitration against Cubans in immigration stations was a constant in Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s government. This newspaper received the complaint about the arbitrary arrest of a family of indigenous people of the island in the state of Puebla.
Yenisleidy Hernández Sánchez, Maikel Presno Sosa and their two children Eimis and Maikel Andrew were detained at the immigration station for more than a week, lawyer José Luis Pérez Jiménez said. “It is clear that the human rights of the detainees and Article 111 of the Migration Law have been violated,” as the agents demanded a payment of 10,000 pesos for their release, which is not provided for in any immigration regulation.
The irregular transfer of Cubans is encouraged by the Migration Unit, which has delayed issuing transit visas for 30 days. Some, like in the state of Chiapas, are being scammed into issuing humanitarian visas in the municipalities of Unión Juárez, Tuxtla Chico and Suchiate near the border with Guatemala.
But the reality is that as of July, the only document granting migration is a transit visa, which guarantees your regular stay for 30 days.
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