Mexico denies that thousands of migrants continue to use freight trains to reach the US border.

The owner of National Migration Institute (INM) of Mexico, Francisco Garduñoruled out this Tuesday that thousands of migrants continue using a freight train that practically crosses the country to reach the northern border.

This is despite EFE records and other media documenting how at least a thousand migrants they came to City Juarez on Tuesday afternoon, from To maintain.

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The dispatch of agents to prevent migrants from boarding the freight train was announced on September 22, but so far the flow of migrants to the northern border has not stopped and they continue to arrive in the hundreds on board the train.

“We have special operations on the railway with National guardwith Migration, with State Police and the company Ferromexwhich is collaborating to remove migrants who man cargo wagons and cars that put their safety and integrity at risk“, indicated Garduño in an interview with EFE.

“We are paying attention to the reduction in migration and the problem is not chihuahuathe problem is preventing them from Huhuetoca, State of Mexicoor in the states of Querétaro, Saint Louis Potosi, Guanajuato It is Coahuila. There is no point in operating here, the important thing is to stop them on the railway“added the person in charge.

Garduño was interviewed when he left the signature that he stamps every fortnight before the State Unit for Inspection of Precautionary Measuresthis in accordance with the provisions of the federal control judge, Victor Manlio Hernández Calderónas part of the indictment against him for the fire at an immigration station where 40 migrants died and 27 others were injured.

“In Mexico They have many guarantees, we have 36 hours to be able to document them and that is not enough time to be able to call the consuls, because the deadlines expire and we have to remove them from the Immigration offices“He explained.

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The migrant Carlos Eduardoin VenezuelaHe arrived in Ciudad Juárez this Tuesday by train and said that the hardest part was suffering extortion from the Mexican authorities.

“We have almost two weeks on this train, the INM He stopped us in the middle of the desert, we spent two days in the desert without water, without food, with our family, brothers and from there he stopped everywhere“, He explained.

He added that Immigration stopped the train at 2am on Monday and detained them for two hours before finally releasing them in the presence of the press.

“We spent a week (above) on the train, we’ve been on about five trains, it’s very difficult, the sun, my girlfriend got dizzy from the sun, from lack of water“, he said Ezequiel Cisneroscoming from Venezuela.

Both interviewees indicated that they had a lot of support from Mexican citizens who threw water and food at them when they were on board the convoy.

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The owner of INM He insisted that they fulfilled the commitments made on September 22 when they met with the governor of the state of Chihuahua Maria Eugenia Camposand with representatives from the Customs and Border Protection in The step (CBP).

In addition to keeping the convoy clear of migrants, Garduño committed to CBP taking in 1,000 deportees per day, although he said they are only returning 20 or 30 per day across the bridges.

He also blamed the United States for the migratory flow and said that as long as it continues to open the borders, allowing families, minors and some vulnerable groups to pass through, it is an appeal to them to follow this migratory route.

Source: Elcomercio

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