The thousands of migrants that kept a highway in the Mexican state of Chiapas (south), border with Guatemalaagreed to release her this Thursday after an agreement with the authorities, the Mexican Government reported.
A statement from Migration’s national institute (INM) explained that it was agreed to reopen the road, after special attention was guaranteed to “vulnerable groups“, like women, children and sick people, who are in the massive caravan that seeks to reach USA.
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“Migrants lifted the blockade on a stretch of road in Huixtla, Chiapasand accepted the support of this immigration authority”, the statement detailed.
The migrantsmostly Central Americans and Venezuelans, demanded with these actions that they be granted a permit to be able to travel freely through Mexico.
But INM He explained that the law requires analyzing these requests individually and they cannot be resolved immediately.
Irineo Mujicaa Mexican-American activist who organized the protest, confirmed the agreement to lift the blockade by detailing that some 500 women, children and adolescents have been transferred to shelters while the rest of the caravan will continue on their way at dawn.
The thousands of people without documents left nine days ago from the border city of Tapachula with the intention of reaching the border with the United States to request refuge with the argument that they are escaping violence or poverty in their countries.
Mexico and the United States have recently tightened measures to contain irregular migration.
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Washington agreed with the government of Venezuela a plan to deport citizens of that country who have entered illegally after July 31.
Mexico, meanwhile, promised to receive the expelled undocumented immigrants and hand them over to the authorities of their countries of origin.
In recent months there were other caravans in Chiapas, but they dissolved as authorities handed out permits to migrants at intermediate points.
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