Migrants use barricades at US-Mexico border to set up camp against threats

The presence and persecution of criminals mexicans on the border with U.S this Monday caused around 300 migrants they would move their camp from the bed of dangerous river (Rio Grande in the USA) and will establish itself in North American territory.

They set up improvised tents at the site with a barbed wire barricade, and others reached the wall where they formed a huge line and installed some roofs with coverings and blankets.

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“It’s like a waiting camp, not a life camp, like they wait for a certain time of night or when they think they can get through quickly“, he told EFE Arturo David Guerra Mateia Venezuelan who has been imprisoned for two and a half months in City Juarez.

A group of migrants remains in a camp on the border with the United States, in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, on September 18, 2023. (Photo by Luis Torres/EFE) (Luis Torres/)

He explained that many migrants that were in the riverbed were dispersed to avoid attacks by Mexican gangs and criminals.

He said that in the face of the attacks, many other migrants decided to run to cross the small channel (two meters wide) of the Rio Grande, until they were trapped in the barbed wire barricade in what is already US territory and thus feel safer, while others reach the wall.

“From the same country, Mexican criminals started throwing rocks at them and stealing their water, so they dispersed, I think it’s a little difficult to cross now.“, added the migrant.

Given this scenario, the Venezuelan said he will await his appointment. “Going like this is more risky, they will leave you there all day from 3 am until the afternoon, you could become dehydrated and it is not certain that they will let us pass.”.

Hundreds of migrants camped days ago on the riverbed, in front of gate 28, at the height of the sculpture.”OX“, located in Mexicanity Square on the border with Ciudad Juárez.

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They cross anytime

At any time it is possible to observe how groups of more than 10 migrants leave the camp and walk through the undergrowth and then cross holes made in the barbed wire barricade due to the impossibility of movement. National guard in Texas to stop them.

They then climb to the foot of the wall, where they form a line that starts at gate 28, where they await the arrival of the absent Immigration agents. U.S detain them and take them to a detention center to begin the process.

This Monday, throughout the morning, agents of the National Migration Institute They did not appear near that gate where the migrant camp is concentrated, so border surveillance was left entirely in the hands of the United States National Guard.

Faced with the entry of hundreds of migrants under the barbed wire, the National Guard changed its strategy and placed an agent every hundred meters along the border river, but the migrants continued to cross.

Aaron Marinanother Venezuelan who arrived in Ciudad Juárez last week by train believing that the border is safe, decided not to risk it and wait for his appointment through the app CBP Onewhich is the official way to enter the United States legally.

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“We were told that it is the safest border, but that is not how reality is seen. The journey was very difficult, many complications along the way, now there is less to do, but now we have to wait for the consultation to be able to move forward and have a better path“, he said in an interview with EFE in front of the cathedral, where they are fed and placed in shelters.

“All hostels are also ‘full’, at least a little roof over your head to sleep and spend the night. We stay here, we’re seeing if there are jobs“Marín added.

The event reflects a new wave of migration in Mexico, where the migratory flow crossing the country towards the United States has recovered after the initial drop caused last May by the expiration of the Title 42 American.

Source: Elcomercio