Tapachula, Chiapas.- While elements of the National Migration Institute (INM) and the National Guard (GN) violently dismantled the second caravan of migrants in the municipality of Mapastepec, a third left this city in the morning with about 500 migrants from Haiti and Central America.
The contingent of men, women, and children; tired and with blisters on their feet, they rested for a few hours and protected themselves from the heavy rain in the community of Ulapa, located about 15 kilometers from the municipality of Mapastepec, Place where last March federal forces dismantled the first caravan who left this weekend for the city.
At midnight and under the darkness, the contingent of foreigners with refuge procedures in front of the COMAR, continued their way towards the municipality of Mapastepec that was waiting for them with a heavy rain.
Here were also half a thousand National Guard and riot police officers who brutally threw themselves at tired, wounded men and women with blisters on their feet, the product of the three-day, 100-kilometer walk below. the strong sun and temperatures of 40 degrees.
Amid the crying and fear, the minors were violently snatched from their parents ’hands as they watched as they were beaten and dragged to the INM units.
Despite the call of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) of the Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Human Rights (UN-DH) to ensure that international standards are respected during operations, these remain with excessive use of force.
The violence, which includes physical and verbal threats and assaults, has also spread to the media covering the displacement of the migrant caravan and detention operations of the INM, National Guard and Mexican Army.
The international agencies of human rights, recalled that migration control policies must be applied in the light of international human rights standards, especially those relating to the protection of the rights of migrants and asylum seekers, regardless of their immigration status , and those relating to the use of force.
Part new Tapachula migrant caravan
On Wednesday morning, some 350 migrants, including men, women and children from Haiti, Central and South America, left the city, under heavy rain despite knowledge of the violent operatives carried out by the National Migration Institute.
The migrants decided to leave because COMAR has told them that the appointments for the asylum application will be for next year and the city is overcrowded with foreigners wishing continue your journey in the center of the country and the United States.
Read also: They dismantle the migrant caravan in Mapastepec
rdmd