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A Cuban citizen, identified as Alberto "N", was caught in the act after committing a violent robbery, during a joint operation by law enforcement in Tapachula, in the Mexican state of Chiapas, authorities reported.
The Secretary of Public Security (SSP) of Chiapas stated in a statement this Wednesday that the Cuban was caught during preventive patrols, and at the time of his arrest, he was in possession of a cash register, cash, and a knife with a wooden handle and a 15-centimeter metal blade, items that were confiscated from him.
The evidence and the detained individual have been made available to the relevant authorities to initiate investigations and determine responsibilities, the official statement indicated.
The operation by the Secretary of Security that led to the arrest of the Cuban was carried out by a team made up of officers from the Pakal Immediate Reaction Force, the Preventive State Guard, the Border State Guard, the Ministerial Investigation and Intelligence Agency of the State Attorney General's Office, the Navy Secretary, and the Municipal Police.
The SSP declared that "with these actions, it reaffirms its commitment to strengthening strategies aimed at ensuring the safety and peace of Chiapas families."
The case of Alberto "N" adds to a documented pattern of Cubans involved in crimes in Mexico. Last March, three Cubans were detained in Monterrey for stealing safe boxes from a notary in Saltillo, and that same month, police arrested in Tapachula two Cubans and one Mexican for alleged drug sales.
This Wednesday, Mexican authorities apprehended a Cuban citizen identified as Yoexy "N" in Cancun, who was wanted by U.S. authorities and was in Mexico without valid immigration documentation.
These events occur within a context of increasing social tension in Tapachula, a border city that since February of this year has received approximately 6,000 Cubans deported from the United States, amid the tightening of immigration policies by the administration of Donald Trump.
To that city in southern Mexico two to three flights with deported Cuban migrants arrive each week, many of whom lack documentation to travel through the country or the means to return to the island, forcing them to survive in the informal economy.
This situation has generated increasing tensions in the region. Last Tuesday, about 500 migrants led by Cubans marched from Tapachula northward to protest the slow processing of immigration paperwork and the lack of job opportunities.
One of the migrants from the island stranded in Tapachula summed up the desperation many of his compatriots are experiencing: "Without papers, there are no opportunities, and we feel imprisoned."
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