A Cuban woman desperately asked for help after the kidnapping of her relatives in Mexico when they were trying to reach the border with the United States.
In a video broadcast byMegaTV In her Facebook profile, the woman tearfully explains that her cousins had to show up for the appointment obtained through the CBP One application, but they were kidnapped when they were on their way between Monterrey and Matamoros or Reynosa, without knowing precisely which city they were going to.
“They called the family and asked for 800 dollars for each one, it was given, the money was sent to the number they gave, to the accounts, they said they were going to release them, that was on Tuesday night,” the woman clarifies.
Although they promised the family that they would be released the next day, they have yet to hear anything about their whereabouts.
Many migrants passing through Mexican territory to try to reach the United States arekidnapping victimsand to free them, the criminals demand large sums of money from their families.
Last May, Mexican authorities rescued agroup of Cubans kidnapped in Sonora, and that same month 50 undocumented immigrants were found in Matehuala, San Luis Potosí,among them a Cuban.
While they wait for appointments in the CBP One application to enter US territory for migrants of different nationalities, including Cubans,They live in precarious situations.
According to data from the Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in the last seven months more than3,500 Cubans have been rejected by United States immigration authorities on the border with Mexico.
However, oneavalanche of Cubans has been arriving in the border city of Tapachula in Mexico in recent days.More than 20 thousand migrants from the island are strandedin that territory waiting to carry out a procedure at the Mexican Commission for Aid to Refugees (Comar) and the National Migration Institute (INM) or obtain an appointment through the CBP One application.
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