Mexico Apprehends 16K Migrants in Four-Day Span



by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ and BRANDON DARBY23 Nov 2022

Mexican immigration authorities announced the arrests of 16,069 migrants over a four-day span this week. The arrests come as Mexico continues to see a rise in migrants entering the country through its southern border, much to the benefit of cartel smugglers.

This week, Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) announced the arrests of 16,069 migrants from 46 different countries in a four-day span across 22 cities.



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#Comunicado| @INAMI_mx rescató entre el 17 y 20 de noviembre pasado a 16 mil 096 personas migrantes de 46 países que transitaban de manera irregular por México http://bit.ly/3XneN9R

8:07 PM · Nov 21, 2022

The high figure comes at a time when immigration authorities in the U.S. face record-setting apprehensions at the border. In Mexico, human smuggling organizations are substantially profiting as migrants press to the U.S. border. This week, Republican congressional leaders called for DHS Secretary Alajandro Mayorkas to resign or face impeachment proceedings.

Additionally, in Mexico, INM officials have been issuing a large number of travel permits that allow migrants to freely move throughout the country for a set period of time, usually 30 days. Most use those permits to make their way to northern border cities. The measure has been praised by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as a way to disperse migrant caravans.

The INM has been plagued by a cloud of corruption where agents have a long history of working with human smugglers and manufacturing false travel documents.

Mexico Apprehends 16K Migrants in Four-Day Span (breitbart.com)