Democratic Congresswoman Norma Torres said many migrants are escaping “narcotics governments,” led by Nayib Bukele, Juan Orlando Hernandez and Alejandro Giammattei.
This Wednesday, Democratic Congresswoman Norma Torres attributed the rise of unaccompanied minors and irregular migrants to “corrupt and failed” governments in the countries of the North American Triangle, a subregion that includes Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
In a video posted on her Twitter account, the U.S. lawmaker said she was heading to Carrizo Springs, a Texan town a few miles from major U.S.-Mexico border points.
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The visit, Torres said, is “to investigate the conditions in which children traveling alone in the United States find themselves.” These are, for the most part, of Central American origin.
Also, the Democratic congresswoman said that “this is a crisis created by the narcotics governments and the corrupt and failed leaders” of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
He visited the #FronteraSur to talk to migrants fleeing their countries to have the opportunity to live another day. Many are escaping #narcogobiernos led by @nayibbukele, @JuanOrlandoH i @DrGiammattei. These families deserve true leadership and compassion. pic.twitter.com/OClxaNW9my
– Rep. Norma Torres (@NormaJTorres) March 24, 2021
Norma Torres has been very critical of the governments of Nayib Bukele, in El Salvador; Alejandro Giammattei, in his native Guatemala; and Juan Orlando Hernández, in Honduras. This, as he considers that their lack of transparency, signs of corruption in their administrations and their blows to the institution are triggers for the mass exodus of its citizens, who seek to reach undocumented American territory.
His diagnosis coincides with that of the Joe Biden administration, which identifies lack of economic opportunities, insecurity, corruption, and weak institutionalization as the factors pushing thousands of people to emigrate illegally to the United States.
Additionally, she has been fiercely critical of the Bukele administration and has promoted that the Salvadoran government be cut back on aid as long as it does not demonstrate substantial changes in its autocratic forms.
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