The United States conducted the first three weeks of the year 79 migrant repatriation flights who had entered the country illegally, the majority is intended for Guatemala and Honduras, as part of the close cooperation between Mexico and the United States, the US Ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, announced this on Monday.

“Just this year, from January 1 to today, we have made 79 flights to their country of origin”Salazar said this at a press conference at the US embassy in the Mexican capital.

Salazar He did not specify how many people were transported on these flights.s, although he noted that the actions were “an important part” of managing unprecedented migration flows.”

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Yes, he reported that These flights were intended for 12 countries. The majority are Latin Americans, such as those mentioned Guatemala and Honduras, with 36 and 23 respectively; as well as El Salvador (6), Colombia (3), Venezuela (3) and Ecuador (2).

Similarly, the US Ambassador highlighted last week’s meeting in Washington between Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as an example of the solid joint work on immigration.

“We are working closely with the government of Mexico,” he said, highlighting the two governments’ cooperation as a “shared responsibility.”

Among these strengthening measures he mentioned the increase in immigration controls on bus, train and plane routes in Mexico, as well as the prosecution by the authorities of both countries of transnational organizations that abuse migrants.

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Chancellor Bárcena stated this morning that the migration the country is experiencing to the United States is taking place has halved since December, a fact the White House acknowledged during the bilateral meeting last Friday.

“The results that Mexico achieved during this period to reduce (migration) by half were greatly appreciated, on December 18 we had a border pressure of 12,498 migrants and it was reduced to 6,751 (per day) and this was recognized ”, assured Bárcena during the daily conference of Mexican President Andrés López Obrador.

Just this Tuesday, López Obrador will meet with Texas US Congressmen Michael McCaul and Randy Weber, who are visiting the country amid immigration tensions.

The meeting comes just a few days after Mexico condemned the anti-immigrant comments of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who suggested on January 11 that his state’s authorities would not shoot migrants because the Joe Biden administration would charge them with murder . . (JO)