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165 Migrants Rescued from Gang in Northern Mexico
June 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Soldiers rescued 165 migrants, including 151 foreigners, from the clutches of a criminal gang in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, the Mexican government said Thursday. continue reading »
Authorities Detain 43 Migrants in Mexico
June 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican police detained 43 undocumented migrants and six people who were holding them at a home in the city of Ecatepec, the Mexico state Attorney General's Office said Friday. continue reading »
More than 1,700 Haitian Refugees Arrive in Brazil
April 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Some 1,700 Haitians have entered the Brazilian state of Acre over the past two weeks and are being sheltered in a sports facility, the state government said. continue reading »
48 Illegal Haitian Migrants Detained by Puerto Rico
March 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A total of 48 Haitian migrants were detained Wednesday by Puerto Rican police when they landed illegally at Isabela, a district on the west coast of the Caribbean island. continue reading »
Deported Migrants Seek Refuge in Underground Dwellings in Tijuana
March 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Hundreds of deported migrants, fearing detection and harassment by police and drug smugglers and unable to return to their homes, have sought refuge in below-ground makeshift dwellings in the Mexican border city Tijuana. continue reading »
Coast Guard Detains 71 Haitians Off of Coast of Puerto Rico
March 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Border Patrol officers and U.S. Coast Guard personnel detained 71 Haitian migrants who arrived on several islands off the coast of western Puerto Rico, officials said. continue reading »
Mexican Police Detain 37 Central American Migrants in Oaxaca
March 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Federal Police detained 37 Honduran and Salvadoran migrants in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, the National Security Council said. The migrants were found during an operation at kilometer 235 of the Mexico City-Ciudad Cuauhtemoc highway, the council, a Government Secretariat agency, said. continue reading »
38 Central American Migrants Detained in Mexico
January 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A total of 38 Central American migrants were detained in three operations in the southern state of Chiapas and the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, with a suspected people trafficker arrested and a Mexican captive freed, the Mexican Government Secretariat said. continue reading »
Spain, Red Cross Rescue 41Migrants in Strait of Gibraltar
December 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's Maritime Rescue and Red Cross saved 41 immigrants Friday who were sailing on six inflatable toy rafts in the Strait of Gibraltar. continue reading »
Locomotive Fire Strands 600 Central American Migrants in Mexico
November 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
About 600 Central American migrants are stranded in Arriaga, a city in the southeastern state of Chiapas, due to a fire in the locomotive of the train used by migrants to reach central Mexico. continue reading »
Red Cross Rescues 47 Immigrants Crossing Strait of Gibraltar in Fragile Boats
November 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A total of 47 immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa were saved on Saturday by a Spanish maritime rescue unit as they were crossing the Strait of Gibraltar in three fragile boats. continue reading »
Soldiers Disband Kidnapping Operations in Mexico, Free 11 Migrants
October 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican army soldiers freed 11 abducted Central American migrants and seized an arsenal in two separate operations in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, military officials said. continue reading »
Amnesty International: 40 Central American Migrants Kidnapped in Mexico
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 40 Central American migrants were abducted this week while crossing southeastern Mexico en route to the United States, Amnesty International said Friday. continue reading »
Mexican Investigators Exhume Bodies Searching for Missing Migrants
August 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Investigators have started exhuming unidentified bodies at two burial grounds in the southern state of Chiapas in an effort to determine if they are those of migrants who disappeared in Mexico while trying to reach the United States, the State Human Rights Council, or CEDH, said. continue reading »
77 Kidnapped Migrants Rescued by Mexican Soldiers
August 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Army troops rescued 77 illegal immigrants who were being held captive at a house in Reynosa, a border city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, and arrested two people for violating federal laws, the press reported. continue reading »
Migrants’ Rights Activist Fleeing Mexico in Wake of Death Threats
May 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Migrants' rights activist the Rev. Alejandro Solalinde, who received death threats a few weeks ago, said he was leaving Mexico temporarily for his own safety. continue reading »
49 Guatemalan Migrants Detained by Mexican Authorities
May 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican police arrested 49 undocumented Guatemalan migrants in the southern border state of Chiapas, authorities said. continue reading »
Guatemala President Urges Mexico’s Aide For Those Headed to US
February 17, 2011 | by Spero News | Latino Daily News
The President of Guatemala, Alvaro Colom is suggesting that Mexico issue temporary immigration permits to Central Americans crossing Mexico to reach the US. This is an effort to provide safer passage to the immigrants who often fall prey to organized crime. continue reading »
