Guatemala expels 11 Cuban migrants from the country

Guatemala expelled 11 Cubans from the country who were in an irregular immigration situation, according to official information released.

The Cubans were part of a group of 41 undocumented immigrants, among whom were also 16 Venezuelans, three Colombians, one Ecuadorian, five Hindus and five people from Nepal, reported this Monday the Guatemalan Migration Institute.

Among them were nine minors who were treated by the authorities.

The migrants, located by the National Civil Police, were provided with psychosocial, medical and humanitarian care and were transferred to the Migration Care Center for Foreign Migrants (CAMIEX) to proceed with their expulsion.

However, the note did not reveal in which city the people were located.

Although Guatemala presented in January a action plan Given a possible increase in people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua, after enabling the program that allows the monthly entry of up to 30,000 people of these nationalities, the migrants They continue to travel through the region.

The attempts of Cuban migrants seeking to reach the United States on a journey that begins in Nicaragua, forces them to cross Guatemala, are exposed to extortion and kidnappings by coyotes They promise to reach Mexico.

In April, authorities detained an alleged coyote who was transporting 13 migrants from Cuba and Venezuela.

The arrest occurred during a security and identification operation of people, in the jurisdiction of Colomba Costa Cuca, Quetzaltenango.

At the beginning of MarchGuatemalan police seized a boat which was used to illegally transport Cuban immigrants in that country.

It was a shark boat valued at 5,000 quetzales that was used to illegally transport Cubans and Hondurans, from the municipal dock of the Río Dulce village, Livingston, Izabal.