A total of 87 migrants from nine countries, at least 14 of them Cubans, were detained on Tuesday night while they were traveling hidden in a truck through the state of Chipas, as revealed by the National Migration Institute (INM) in acommunicated.
The vehicle was detected on the highway between the city of Tapachula and Huehuetán and in addition to Cuba, the migrants came from the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Bangladesh, Honduras, El Salvador, Uruguay, China and Guatemala.
"When carrying out the inspection of the unit, at a verification point on said highway, the foreign migrants were located, who could not prove their regular stay in Mexican territory. All of them were wearing a colored plastic bracelet to be identified," detailed the INM. it's a statement.
Of the total migrants intercepted, 46 were adults traveling alone. The remaining 41 migrants were women, men and minors who made up 14 family units.
Of the 46 adult migrants detained:14 are from Cuba; 11 from Honduras; eight from the Dominican Republic; six from Ecuador; four from El Salvador and three from Bangladesh.
The statement did not detail how many of the 14 families (41 migrants) were Cubans., although he specified that the majority of them were of Ecuadorian nationality, followed by Honduran, Salvadoran, Cuban, Uruguayan, Guatemalan and Chinese.
The National Migration Institute specified that the adults were taken to the facilities of that entity "to begin the corresponding administrative procedure," and that "the family units were accompanied to a shelter of the entity, where they will remain under the guardianship of the System for the Integral development of the family".
After being detained by the authorities, the driver of the vehicle and his companion fled the scene, the statement concluded.
According toofficial figures released in the middle of this month by the Department of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), A total of 18,083 Cubans arrived by land and sea to the United States. only in October. This is the highest figure since December of last year.
The majority entered through the southern border of Mexico (12,495) and 28 entered through the northern land border (Canada). Added to this are another 5,000 who arrived by sea through the Strait of Florida.
It is very possible that the fate of the Cubans intercepted this Tuesday during their illegal transit through Mexican territory will end up being deported to Cuba.
Flights with Cubans repatriated from Mexico stopped on March 3, but at the beginning of October it emerged that the Mexican governmentasked Cuba and four other countries to accept deportation flights of its nationals to alleviate the immigration crisis caused by the flow of people who arrive daily at the Mexican border with the United States.
On October 14, Mexico resumed the deportations of migrants to Cuba, with a flight from the Viva Aerobús airline that transported 138 Cubans from Tapachula to Havana.
Since then, repatriation flights from the Aztec nation have maintained an almost weekly frequency.
LastOn October 30, another 138 citizens were repatriated on the third flight since deportations from the Aztec country resumed.
On November 4, another group of 105 Cubans who were in an irregular situation in Mexico were returned to the island, in what was the ninth deportation operation from Mexico to Cuba so far in 2023.
On November 14, another 43 Cubans who were in an irregular situation in Mexico were returned.
Cuba is experiencing an unprecedented wave of migration. It is estimated that in 2022 approximately 4% of the Cuban population left the country in order to settle outside national borders.
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