AZMEX I3/3 3-4-19

AZMEX I3/3 3 APR 2019


SOCIETY
/ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019

https://www.tribunadesanluis.com.mx/republica/sociedad/desesperan-migrantes-y-transportistas-en-fronteras-de-mexico-3269553.html

Migrants and transporters despair on the borders of Mexico
Mutiny in Tapachula and Tijuana light alert, while in Juarez, Reynosa, Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo
there are protests and economic losses

African migrants alleged that they are beaten by INM agents Chiapas / Rubén Zúñiga
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Immigrant riots were registered both in the southern border and in the north, where Central Americans and Africans
show desperation to achieve the American dream,
while businessmen continue to report economic losses due to the slowness of international crossings.

In Chiapas, African migrants staged a brawl at the Siglo XXI Migration Station in Tapachula,
after one of them broke glass from the entrance to the facilities.

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The altercation originated after the released man denounced that inside they were violated and beaten by the migratory agents,
so that in protest he broke the windows;
When arrested by security guards, the brawl formed between more migrants and policemen.

In addition, an African woman argued with the agents and then pushed each other,
which caused another group to approach the gate of the migratory station to pull it open the door
and allow their compatriot to leave, which tried to be avoided by the guards.

The migrants pointed out that agents of the National Institute of Migration (INM)
in that city have beaten them inside the federal offices.

On the other side of the country, in Tijuana, on Monday,
51 people were evacuated from the INM facilities, located in the residential subdivision
La Esmeralda, because a group burned blankets and mattresses in the bathrooms of the property.

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The head of the Municipal Public Security Secretariat, Marco Antonio Sotomayor Amezcua,
said that the elements of the corporation contained the situation
and assured all those who participated in the riot to deliver them to the Federal Police and the INM.
In the place, there were people from countries like India, Guatemala, Honduras, Uruguay and Cuba,
as well as several Mexicans.

MORE WAITING TIME

Meanwhile, as a result of the reinforcement of surveillance at international crossings,
cities such as Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Matamoros, from Tamaulipas to the state of Texas, United States,
face a vehicular chaos that has represented losses of time and money
for the commercial activities in this region of the country.

For the third consecutive day, the time to cross the Rio Grande to the towns of
Laredo, Pharr, McAllen and Brownsville has lasted for up to five hours, depending on the time of day.

According to Federal Ways and Bridges of Income, the problem obeys to the measures that the federal administration
of the United States has applied in the border, as it is the process of rotation of personnel
towards other points of the dividing line with Mexico.

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Julio César Almanza Armas, President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce
(Fecanaco) based in Reynosa, said that these measures by the US government
are affecting shipments of merchandise, as well as commercial life on both sides of the border.

THEY CARRY PROTESTS TO POE's

On the other hand, before the media focus, around 220 people,
according to Ernesto Chávez Nápoles and Héctor Ortiz, leaders of moneylenders in Ciudad Juárez,
demonstrated at the Zaragoza bridge, at the entrance of trailers, to protest against the policy of the border customs office
of not allowing tires to enter the Chihuahuan city.

In Tijuana, after the uncertainty about the possible closure of the steps,
Óscar Escobedo, head of the Tourism Secretariat of Baja California,
assured that after a meeting between the Business Coordinating Council and the US Customs authorities,
no closure is foreseen of the sentry boxes.

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