By: EFE Updated 10 Dec , 8: 44 am EST
Adolescent migrants who travel alone fleeing violence and criminal groups in their countries and who arrive at the southern border of Mexico are susceptible to falling into the hands of crime organized, said the representative of an organization located in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
The president of the Chiapaneca Foundation of Migrant Women, Fabiola Díaz, was concerned that young people between 10 and 10 years “they are alone because there are vices, drugs and they are regularly observed as in informal jobs windshield wipers and in the markets, but at night they go out committing crimes, it is true, they are random cases, but they are registered”.
He explained, without offering further details or statistics, that around 44 % of young migrants who arrive in Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala “are taking the way to join the gangs”.
He explained that adult migrants who suffer scams and assaults arrive to Mexico and specifically to the southern border “they are responsible adults who come with friends and siblings, but adolescents between 10 and 44 years are completely alone“.
In addition, the representative indicated that she is concerned about the issue of “trafficking in persons” since they have sent her messages that there are many cases of women who are selling or giving away their babies, when they are already established in Tapachula and have their delivery in the regional hospital ”.
This Tuesday, representatives of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Mexico and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) arrived in Tapachula, with the issue of organized crime, since they are carrying out an investigation to see which es are the needs on the southern border mainly among migrants who suffer from human trafficking .
UNODC will carry out a pilot initiative to collect information and carry out a diagnostic study of migrant smuggling on the southern and northern borders of Mexico.
According to estimates from various agencies, in this 2022 people who have managed to cross into the United States on average have paid more of 10,10 dollars for his trip to human traffickers.
The The region is experiencing a record migratory flow to the United States, whose Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stopped in the fiscal year of an unprecedented number of more of 2.98 million migrants.
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