Two families and six individuals traveling alone, all of Cuban origin, were detained by the authorities of the National Institute of Migration (INM) while traveling through Mexico.
INM through a statement made it known that the Cubans belonged to a group of 84 people intercepted by agents of that institution in the municipality of Cuautitlán Izcalli, in the State of Mexico.
During the immigration process, nine family units from Ecuador (12); Honduras (4); El Salvador (3); Guatemala (2); and Cuba (2) were identified, as indicated in their informational note.
Regarding single individuals, there were 57 of them, divided between China (2), Nepal (28), Jordan (4), India (3), Cuba (6), Venezuela (1), Ecuador (10), and El Salvador (3).
Among the migrants were four minors who were traveling alone, "two from El Salvador and two from Honduras," they point out.
They added that "adult individuals traveling alone were transferred to INM facilities, while family units and unaccompanied minors were directed to different shelters of the National System for Integral Family Development (DIF)."
Last Tuesday, in a migration control operation in the municipality of Tizayuca, in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico, 14 foreigners from Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela were detained for failing to prove their legal stay in the country, reported the Tizayuca Citizen Security Secretariat.
The statement did not specify the number of Cubans detained in the immigration sweep carried out by local authorities in residential areas and housing units in the Mexican municipality.
The government agency indicated that this control is part of "strategies focused on the prevention of violence and crime" in the municipality and was carried out "in strict adherence to human rights".
Despite the actions taken by the Mexican and the United States governments, migration seems to remain uncontrolled in the region. The economic and political conditions in most countries on the continent motivate people to take this risky and dangerous path for their lives.
In the Cuban case, data extracted from the active systems and sources of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicate that 18,988 Cubans arrived on U.S. soil in the fifth month of the year, the majority through the land border separating the country from Mexico.
The figures indicate that around 11,466 Cubans arrived through the southern United States border, while only 31 arrived through the northern part, bordering Canada, matching the number of entries through that area as the previous month. The remaining 7,491 arrived by sea.
The total number of encounters of irregular Cuban migrants at the US borders increased in May compared to April, when CBP statistics reflected 17,875 arrivals, the lowest so far in fiscal year 2024, which began on October first.
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