TRANSLATED FROM:
http://www.laprensagrafica.com/dpt15/no ... 957144.asp

The authorities of the National Institute of Migration (INM) of Mexico repatriated during all 2007 from Tapachula, 1.020 under age Salvadorians, after they were abandoned by the smugglers and other persons under arrest during their trip to the United States.

The Salvadorian vice-consul in Tapachula, Chiapas, Vilma Mendoza Quiroz, reported yesterday that "with the five children that will be repatriated this Saturday, in total 1.020 children will be returned home in this year".


The five children —just like the 1.015 others— were mostly caught in migratory stations of Chiapas, Tabasco, Oaxaca and Veracruz, when they travelled as undocumented migrants through Mexico bound for the United States.


The consul detailed that with the repatriation of the last five children, the agency closes the repatriation of Salvadorian infants in 2007, for which the next repatriation will be until January 4, 2008.

Last year 1.500 children were repatriated from Mexico, what represents approximately a 5.8% of the total number of deportations in 2006, which were 25,632.

The General Office of Migration reported in the period from January to December, 11, 844 children deportees, a 5.6% of the total of repatriated people.