The Mexican immigration authorities arrested 11 irregular Cuban emigrants who stayed in a hotel in the state of Puebla.
The Cubans were in the municipality of Acajete after a joint operation between the National Institute of Migration (INM) and the local police.
“11 people of Cuban origin have been identified irregular stay; They were in a hotel and had an arrival day from Chiapas,” reported the INM on its Twitter profile.
Cuban emigrants enter Mexico irregularly to cross the border into the United States and escape the misery and lack of freedom in Cuba.
This Tuesday, the number of Cubans arrested while crossing the US border rose. set a record of 1,500 people in one day.
The alarming data was officially reported by Border Patrol Chief Raúl L. Ortiz at a border security exhibition in San Antonio, Texas.
The official explained that around 7,000 migrants of various nationalities are detained daily trying to cross the border from Mexico, up from February’s daily average of 5,900. He pointed out that in the case of Cuban nationals, a significant escalation could be observed.
This Wednesday Mexico accelerated the deportation of Cuban immigrantsVenezuelans, Brazilians and Central Americans detained in Piedras Negras, Coahuila. This is the third group of 136 immigrants, many of them Cubans.
The Mexican government took the measure, indicating that its goal is to stem the flow of migration and the strengthening of criminal coyote gangs in the region, as this area is a common destination for undocumented immigrants intending to cross the Rio Grande to Texas , USA, to cross .
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