Tegucigalpa.
The authorities Hondurans Two people who were illegally transporting seven Cuban migrants in a vehicle and whose final destination was the United States were arrested on Tuesday, the country’s National Police reported.
The arrest was made during a patrol in the municipality of Namasigüe, department of Choluteca, border with Nicaragua, indicated the Honduran Police.
When conducting an inspection of the vehicle, authorities located three men, three women and a minor Cuba.
The migrants were taken to the facilities of the National Institute of Migration in Choluteca, in the south of the country, while the two men, aged 28 and 34, were placed at the disposal of the authorities to continue the corresponding investigations.
The two men, whose names were not disclosed, will be charged with the crime of illegal human trafficking to the detriment of the security of the State of Honduras and the freedom of the people, the Honduran Police will point out.
In recent decades, Honduras has become a transit point for migrants, especially Cubans and Africans, crossing Central American countries to reach the United States, which authorities have strengthened security in recent years in the United States. border with Mexico.
The Central American country signed an agreement with the United States in September 2019 that seeks to stop irregular migration from Central American countries.
The governments of Honduras and the United States agreed, according to the document, to send the asylum seekers’ country to the US authorities.
The Convention delegates to Honduras the responsibility for examining, in accordance with its system for determining protection, the application for asylum of any person who has made such a request to arrive at a port of entry or to cross the border between entry points a United States.
This power takes effect “on or after the date of entry into force of the document.”
The US will have to determine in advance the claims in the case of unaccompanied minors, of persons who have entered that country with a visa and other valid document issued by the US authorities and who do not sea traffic or when it deals with matters that have not been required to obtain a visa in the country.
The agreement adds to two similar asylum cooperation documents reached with Guatemala on July 26, 2019, and El Salvador on September 20 last year, respectively.