Activist denounces that INM agents “table” migrants

Agents of the National Institute of Migration (INM), were denounced by leaders of migrant caravans and human rights defenders of allegedly having “tabled” migrants gathered in a shelter on the outskirts of Tapachula, Chiapas.It was at a press conference, where the defender of the rights of migrants, that these people continue to be victims of persecution by the authorities, This after the alleged aggression registered against migrants of different nationalities in the Jesús El Buen Pastor shelter, located on the outskirts of Tapachula, Chiapas.According to Irenio Múgica, the aggression occurred on January 30 at night, at which time INM and National Guard agents arrived at where the migrants were concentrated and began a raid to detain them. The defender added that they had chosen that meeting point since this Monday they planned to march to the offices of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid (COMAR). The activist pointed out that the intention of this raid was to stop the march so now migrants have expressed fear of being detained and being deported from Mexico. For this reason, he pointed out that the shelter, Jesús El Buen Pastor is empty outside and those who have arrived are inside the sanctuary to avoid being detained. Read more: Immigrants continue to fear family separation after Trump’s departure “The INM and the National Guard put in place an operation, they knew that tomorrow we had a press conference, and that is the reason why the persecution continues. He knows that we have the right to hold press conferences. We have rights for migrants to seek a better life… This is a sanctuary (refuge, Jesus the Good Shepherd), now it is totally empty, they are separating families,” said Irenio Mújica in a video shared on social networks. Police are attacked with stones by teachers in Michoacán

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