Thirty-seven migrants, including 22 undocumented, died between January and May 2022 in Mexicothe vast majority of them trying to cross swimming in the Rio Grande, a natural border with the US, as announced by the Mexican authorities.
Of the 37, «33 drowned and four others lost their lives “for various reasons in the states of Veracruz (east) and Baja California (northwest),” the National Immigration Institute (INM) said in a press release.
From them, 22 “did not have identity documents”. Of those identified, four were from Mexico, four from Nicaragua and three from Honduras. The victims included a Guatemalan national, a Cuban national, a Peruvian national and a Venezuelan national.
Five of the 37 victims were womenaccording to the INM.
Every year, tens of thousands Immigrants from Central American countries and other Latin American countries are trying to reach the US, to escape the violence and misery in their homelands.
But as they cross Mexico, many fall victim to crime or blackmail, while others die in accidents.
The deadliest such accident took place in December, when a truck with a trailer carrying 160 migrants overturned in the state of Chiapas, killing 56 of them.
On Monday, a “caravan” of thousands of undocumented immigrants left the Mexican city of Tapatsula (Chiapas, south) to reach the United States.
Four days later, the Mexican government began handing out documents to hundreds of them guaranteeing that they could stay in the country for 30 days without fear of deportation.
The “caravans” of immigrants crossing Mexico had caused great tensions with the US during the presidency of Republican Donald Trump (2017-2021).
Since then, Mexico has tightened controls on its southern border and in 2021 307,679 migrants were arrested.
Source: News Beast
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