- Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:02 pm
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WOW, I wonder why the change of heart towards immigrants heading to the United States by the Mexican government?
Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (AFP) - In the most aggressive move yet by Mexico, authorities blocked a new caravan of Central American migrants Wednesday after they entered Mexico bound for the United States. Soldiers and police forced hundreds of migrants in the group -- which was mostly from Honduras -- to a halt in the southern town of Metapa de Dominguez, about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from the Mexican-Guatemalan border.
Tension flared as officers brandishing anti-riot shields blocked the migrants' path, the activists said. But despite a shoving match, the authorities managed to force the caravan to a stop leaving many of the migrants confused by the shift in tactics by the Mexican government.
Separately, migrant rights group People Without Borders (Pueblo Sin Fronteras) said two of its leading members had also been detained: its leader, Irineo Mujica, in the northern state of Sonora, and another activist, Cristobal Sanchez, in Mexico City.
Mexico has deployed the National Guard to the southern border and stepped up detentions and deportations in a bid to slow the flow of migrants crossing its territory toward the United States.
WOW, I wonder why the change of heart towards immigrants heading to the United States by the Mexican government?