The authorities of Mexico They have recovered 19 bodies of migrants who died of drowning in the Rio Grande so far in 2022, only in the part that borders the state of Coahuila and USAwhere the migrants try to cross, reported this Monday the National Institute of Migration (INM).
In a statement, the INM Coahuila said that agents of the Beta Group – a unit of the institute specialized in providing orientation and assistance to migrants – have recovered that number of bodies, although they did not specify their nationality, and said that they have also rescued another seven alive. persons.
The INM lamented the death of migrants, in the context of mobility, on the waters of the Rio Grande, who in their attempt to cross into US territory put their lives and that of their families at risk.
The US insists on asking migrants to ‘not come’ to the country
The note noted that the INM participates in the operation Mirror, border security in which various authorities from Mexico and the United States work to carry out preventive tours, in order to save migrant lives.
Among the participating authorities are, on behalf of Mexico, the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), the National Guard (GN), the INM and the state and municipal police of Piedras Negras.
while for USA there are the Border Patrol, the Texas State Police and the National Guard.
Regarding the people rescued alive, the statement explained that last week an aid report was issued for three migrant women (one adult and two minors) from Honduras They were on an island at the point known as the Railroad Bridge.
While in another action, four migrants from Nicaragua (two minors accompanied by an adult woman and a man) who could not advance due to the strong current in the Rio Grande.
In both actions, the agents rescued the migrants in an airboat.
On Sunday, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Alexander Mayorcasinsisted on asking migrants who try to enter the country through the southern border not to do so: “Don’t come, the border is not open.”
He recalled that Title 42 is still in force – the health regulation approved at the beginning of the pandemic that allows the rapid expulsion of migrants at the land borders of the United States – and also the immigration regulations those who do not have a “valid” entry permit cannot pass through.
Mexico’s INM recently reported that between January 1 and April 13 of this year it intercepted 115,379 migrants, of which 15% were minors, mainly from Central American nations.
While in fiscal year 2022, which started on October 1, 2021, 1,060,094 migrant encounters have already been recorded on the southern US border, according to data from the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP). (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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