English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Havana, 15 October 2023 — This Sunday, relatives of Shakira Martínez received the body of the 21-year-old who died along with nine other Cuban women in a traffic accident on October 1 when the truck they were traveling in to reach the U.S. border was driven at excessive speed and overturned in Pijijiapan, in … Continue reading “The Bodies of Ten Women Who Died in an Accident in Mexico Arrive in Cuba”
14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 14 November 2023 — Despite numerous complaints, Mexico continues to extort money from migrants. On this occasion the victim was Mayelín Díaz Vargas, a Cuban. As attorney José Luis Pérez Jiménez told this newspaper, the woman was “coerced” by Jorge Rosalino Valencia, head of operational services of the immigration station of … Continue reading “Cuban Families Denounce Mexico’s Immigration Authorities for Deception and Extortion”
14ymedio, Mexico, 8 November 2023 — Migration Agents arbitrarily arrested Mayelín Díaz Vargas on Wednesday, one of the Cubans injured in the traffic accident in Pijijiapán (Chiapas) where 10 migrants from the Island died. This 51-year-old woman from Havana was informed that the protection order she showed to the officers “was not valid” at the … Continue reading “Complaints of Cuban Migrants Detained in Mexico, Including Children, Are Increasing”
14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 4 October 2023– Cuban authorities have identified nine of the ten people who died last Sunday in a traffic accident in Pijijiapan (Chiapas), but at the moment they have not publicly said who they are. According to the consul in Mexico City, Miguel Ángel Moreno Carpio, “all the deceased will be … Continue reading “Cuba Identifies 9 of the 10 Who Died in the Accident in Mexico, but Refuses To Give Their Names”
EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 4 October 2023 — On Tuesday, the Government of Cuba blamed the United States for the accident in which ten Cuban migrants were killed in southern Mexico and urged it to adopt the “necessary measures” to prevent similar events. This message came in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, … Continue reading “Havana Blames the United States for the Ten Cuban Migrants Killed in Mexico”
14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, October 1, 2023 — At least ten Cubans, including a girl, died this Sunday after a truck without license plates in which they were traveling overturned in the municipality of Pijijiapan, 150 kilometers from the border city of Tapachula (Chiapas) with Guatemala. A source from the Rafael Alfaro community hospital, where … Continue reading “A Least Ten Cubans Die, Including a Girl, in a Traffic Accident in Mexico”
EFE (via 14ymedio), Mexico, 2 October 2023 — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, reported on Monday the arrival of up to 16,000 migrants per day on the northern and southern borders of the country in the last migratory wave. “In recent times, through the Darién [Jungle], which is a very dangerous area, up to … Continue reading “Mexico Reports the Arrival of up to 16,000 Migrants per Day at Its Borders”
