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Hope and Suspicion in Southern Mexico Over the New Migration Center Accord With the United States

EFE (via 14ymedio), Juan Manuel Blanco, Tapachula, 6 August 2023 — Restlessness and hope grow on Mexico’s border with Central America a week after Washington’s announcement about a new space in southern Mexico to process applications for asylum and employment of migrants seeking to go to the United States. While some migrants hope to achieve … Continue reading “Hope and Suspicion in Southern Mexico Over the New Migration Center Accord With the United States”

Migrants in Mexico Before the New Agreement With the U.S.: ‘If There Is Work It Is for Making Money To Cross’

14ymedio, Mexico, 1 August 2023 — The “multipurpose international space” agreed between Mexico and the U.S. will be in the state of Chiapas and will offer “refuge, employment and training,” but it will take time to get underway. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador does not know where that space will be located specifically, but … Continue reading “Migrants in Mexico Before the New Agreement With the U.S.: ‘If There Is Work It Is for Making Money To Cross’”

The United States and Mexico Discuss a Refugee Program That Could Benefit Cubans

14ymedio, Mexico City, 2 July 2023 — The United States might extend the legal avenues for migration to Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans. The plan, according to Reuters, will allow people who meet the requirements to obtain refugee status to do so through the U.S. “refugee resettlement” program that is only available to applicants from … Continue reading “The United States and Mexico Discuss a Refugee Program That Could Benefit Cubans”

Press Association Denounces ‘Repression’ Against the Media, Journalists and ‘Influencers’ in Cuba

EFE (via 14ymedio), Miami, April 25, 2023. (EFE) — The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) denounced on Tuesday an unprecedented “crisis” in Cuba’s unofficial media and the “repression” of the authorities against journalists and influencers. In its new biannual report, the IAPA says that “the crisis of independent journalism is approaching a bottom never seen in … Continue reading “Press Association Denounces ‘Repression’ Against the Media, Journalists and ‘Influencers’ in Cuba”

A Cuban Couple, Victims of Mistreatment at a Migration Station in Mexico

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 31 March 2023 — Yamilé, a Cuban woman, was illegally detained for five days at the Acayucan station of the National Institute of Migration (INM), in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and her husband José, for 12 days. “Once they admit you, they take away your papers and your cell phone. … Continue reading “A Cuban Couple, Victims of Mistreatment at a Migration Station in Mexico”

About Twenty Cuban Doctors in Mexico, Rejected for Lacking Professional Credentials

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 11 April 2023 — The Cuban specialists who arrived last January in the Mexican state of Morelos and proclaimed their experience in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Guatemala and Pakistan, “are not in position” because they lack a professional identification card. According to the president of the Federated Colleges of Medicine A.C., María … Continue reading “About Twenty Cuban Doctors in Mexico, Rejected for Lacking Professional Credentials”

Mexican Immigration Arrests Cubans with Humanitarian Parole and Holds Them Incommunicado

14ymedio, Havana, 20 February 2023 — Cubans Dachel, Yida and Amehd, who have a humanitarian parole status for the United States, have been detained since February 16 at the Las Agujas immigration station, in Mexico City. According to Carmen Sardiñas, Dachel’s mother, “they took them off the plane and confiscated their passports.” Sardiñas specified that … Continue reading “Mexican Immigration Arrests Cubans with Humanitarian Parole and Holds Them Incommunicado”

More than 200 Cubans Returned by the United States to Mexico are Taken to a Shelter in Hermosillo

14ymedio, Havana, 12 January 2023 — On January 5, Yanisey González managed to reach the United States. The American dream that he seemed to have achieved was cut short when the Border Patrol put him in a van along with migrants from Nicaragua, Venezuela and Guatemala to return them to the border with Mexico and deliver them … Continue reading “More than 200 Cubans Returned by the United States to Mexico are Taken to a Shelter in Hermosillo”

More Than 17,000 Cubans Have Applied for Refuge in Mexico, Most of Them to Avoid Deportation

14ymedio/EFE, Mexico, 15 December 2022 — The brothers José Luis and Raúl Borroto entered Mexico 40 days ago through Chiapas. “We paid the coyote $4,000 to take us to the border and he abandoned us.” These Cubans are part of the group of 368 migrants that the National Guard arrested on November 18 in the … Continue reading “More Than 17,000 Cubans Have Applied for Refuge in Mexico, Most of Them to Avoid Deportation”

20,000 Tons of Cuban Stone to be Exported from Cienfuegos to Mexico for the Mayan Train Project

14ymedio, Havana, 12 December 2022 — A total of 20,000 tons of rajón stone — a type of gravel — is ready to travel to the Yucatan peninsula, in Mexico, for construction work on the controversial Mayan Train, one of the emblematic projects of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Administration. As explained by the head of … Continue reading “20,000 Tons of Cuban Stone to be Exported from Cienfuegos to Mexico for the Mayan Train Project”

Former President of Costa Rica Requests that the Cuban Lazaro Yuri Valle Roca be Freed from Prison

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 3 November 2022 – Former President of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize winner Óscar Arias demanded on Wednesday the liberation of Cuban journalist and activist Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca, condemned to five years in jail in July for “continuous enemy propaganda”. “Those of us who live in freedom and democracy … Continue reading “Former President of Costa Rica Requests that the Cuban Lazaro Yuri Valle Roca be Freed from Prison”

The Border Patrol Rescues Two Cuban Women Abandoned by Coyotes in the Rio Grande

14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 2 November 2022 — The United States Border Patrol rescued two Cuban women, a mother and daughter, who were trapped in the Río Grande, in the Mexican city of Reynosa, south of Texas. According to the chief officer of the Valley sector, Gloria Chávez, the women were “abandoned” by coyotes 320 feet from … Continue reading “The Border Patrol Rescues Two Cuban Women Abandoned by Coyotes in the Rio Grande”

About 50 Cubans Barricade Themselves in a Bus in Mexico and Manage to Avoid Arrest

14ymedio, Havana, 12 October 2022 — On Tuesday, a group of 50 Cubans took the driver of their tourist bus hostage in the Mexican state of Veracruz, so as not to be arrested by officers of the National Guard. The officers, who intended to deliver them to the National Institute of Migration, intercepted the vehicle … Continue reading “About 50 Cubans Barricade Themselves in a Bus in Mexico and Manage to Avoid Arrest”

Through a Traffic Ticket, the Mexican Police Discover a Coyote Taking Seven Cubans to the United States

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 18 August 2022 — Police from the Mexican municipality of Monterrey arrested a coyote on Wednesday, who had charged seven Cubans 21,000 pesos ($1,050) to take them in a van to the state of Coahuila, from where they planned to cross the Rio Grande to reach El Paso, Texas. The smuggler, … Continue reading “Through a Traffic Ticket, the Mexican Police Discover a Coyote Taking Seven Cubans to the United States”

Coyotes Kept Five Cubans Hidden in a Feed Store in Central Mexico

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 25 July 2022 — A warehouse intended to store feed was used by coyotes as a hiding place for migrants. In the building located on an embankment far from the town of San Miguel de la Victoria, in the State of Mexico, 225 undocumented people were found last Saturday, five Cubans … Continue reading “Coyotes Kept Five Cubans Hidden in a Feed Store in Central Mexico”