Arrest of 513 illegal migrants on migration reignites controversy

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Yesterday (17), Mexican police found through an inspection by X-ray, 513 illegal immigrants, mostly from Latin American and other Asian, two trucks that passed through Chiapas in southeastern Turkey. According to reports, the immigrants traveled in subhuman conditions on the way the United States. Among the migrants were 32 women and four minors. All they would have paid about $ 7,000 to be taken to the U.S..

The first happened in the city of flagrante Corzo, where two suspects were also detained for human trafficking. The second discovery came in a control point of a zone of Tuxtla Gutierrez - La Angostura. Soon after the discovery of illegal immigrants to the Government Secretariat has contacted various embassies to confirm the identity of passengers and deport them to their countries of origin. Meanwhile they will stay in a hostel.

This rescue, the largest in the history of Mexico, rekindle the controversy over the issue of migration by country and allegations of corruption within the National Migration Institute (INM). The hostel responsible for "Migrants Brothers on the Path", Father Alejandro Solalinde said the cleanup has been done in the INM is just a facade, because corruption and tolerance are still happening. Father Alejandro also accused the organization to have agents that contribute to organized crime.
Amid the controversy over the rights of migrants, restrictive immigration policy and violence have suffered for so many illegal immigrants, what is certain is that despite these dangers, it is still high number of people who dare to cross illegally to U.S. border.

Examples are numerous flagrant made by the Mexican authorities of people of various nationalities, who pass through Mexico in hopes of reaching the land of Uncle Sam. On Nov. 10, federal police seized a group of 183 undocumented migrants in Puebla. Most were from Guatemala and the other from El Salvador, Honduras, Ecuador, Nepal, India, Egypt and Tibet. The day before (9), the Secretary of the Navy found 49 illegal immigrants in a building. Other arrests were made during the month of May in various parts of Mexico.

In Tamaulipas, for example, federal police found 18 people suspected of aguardare the time to overcome the U.S. border, and San Luis Potosi, the Department of Public Safety caught on 5 May, 68 undocumented immigrants from various countries Latin America, traveling by bus as people were rescued.

According to data from the INM, in the month of April 3789 people were found in operations on the roads and railways in the country, most of whom were men, 3323. The rest were women and children. Apparently, Mexico will continue the favorable territory, which serves as a bridge for those who have the dream of trying a better life in the most powerful country in the Americas.
With local press reports.