Tapachula-hundreds of migrant detainees in a center of immigration detention in the South of Mexico, raised their fists on Friday and chanted: “Iqueremos food! Iqueremos get out! “, hours after a mass escape from the recintoFue the more massive escape from a center of immigration in Mexico in recent memory, and another example of how the Government has been overwhelmed by the flow of Central American, Cuban migrants and” Haitians. Residents in Tapachula, a city located on the border with Guatemala, reported having seen hundreds of migrants running through the streets on Thursday night, some just dresses and some getting into vans passing to escape. Unarmed immigration agents simply could do nothing to prevent the migrants escaped, federal authorities said.
Those who have relatives in the center of 21st century arrests said leakage was derived from a dispute over food and space to sleep, scarce in the crowded facility. Authorities say that at least 1 thousand 300 detainees escaped and that a similar number remains on the site, which would indicate that the Center was to double their capacity or worse. The installation was built to stop less than a thousand people. At least 700 of the migrants had been recaptured or returned for noon on Friday. Laisel Gómez Cabrera, a Cuban now living in Texas, was worried about his spouse, Anisleidys Sosa Almeida, who has been at the Center for several weeks. On Friday, Gomez stood outside station as it has almost every day since her spouse was arrested for trying to get information about it. He said that had occurred a fight at the Center before the escape and that it was caused by the overpopulation.” Did they fight among them with a space, to achieve food and others, then already not endured, and rioted… and went,”said Gomez.
“My spouse and my son have been there 27 days in poor conditions there Usmoni Velázquez Vallejo while waiting for news on foreign − there is overcrowding, there isn’t enough food, and they don’t even have medications”.
A dismayed Raisa Torres Espinosa was waiting for news of her daughter, Cynthia Barbara, 21 years old, who was detained in the Center together with your spouse. Both left Cuba recently, traveling through Panama and then to Mexico, where they were arrested.
Torres said his daughter told him that conditions at the Centre were “awful” and that they had deteriorated last week.” This week they have entered 20 trucks of migrants, and them have gotten all there”he said, pointing to the metal doors. Gomez said that he suspected that authorities could have opened the doors on Thursday night to let the migrants to escape as a way to reduce the pressures on the system, knowing that those who were could not apply for any type of visa humanitarian, asylum or residence in Mexico.
It will, will have a tab roja− said all undocumented gomez− coming out of this Centre… If they come back to hold, they will have an immediate deportation.
