Mexico received 10,964 deported migrants from the United States since January 20, when Donald Trump assumed the presidency of the United States for the second time, of which 8,425 were compatriots and 2,539 of other nationalities, the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Friday.
A week after the arrival of the Republican leader, Sheinbaum reported that since then 4,094 deported people had arrived in the country, also the majority of Mexicans and several of other countries. Then, the president said that there had not been a “substantive” increase in cases.
In the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), Mexico reached up to 6,500 migrants deported a week from the United States, according to official figures.
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Mexico’s accompaniment for migrants
“Flights from Mexico have left Honduras, yesterday a flight came out, they also go by land transport,” Sheinbaum explained on Friday, about what has happened with some deportees. “It is voluntary, if they want it, we accompany them so they can go to their countries of origin,” he added.
The Government of Mexico has been under pressure for Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on its products if it does not stop the flow of migrants and drugs, especially fentanyl, to the United States.
On Monday, the government of the Latin American country announced the shipment of 10,000 members of the National Guard the common border to reinforce it.
With Reuters information.
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