Thread: Mexico rounds up 71 Guatemalan squatters on border

tri-cityherald.com
The Associated Press
Published Monday, Jan. 09, 2012

MEXICO CITY Mexican immigration officials and police have rounded up 71 Guatemalan refugees living in a tent camp near the two countries' border since August.

The National Immigration Institute says living conditions were unhealthy and unsafe and Guatemalans have been taken to immigration offices for better care and a review of their immigration status.

The Miguel Agustin Pro human rights group condemned the raid and demanded the squatters not be sent back to Guatemala.

The Guatemalans had camped out on land belonging to a Mexican communal farm since August, after they were expelled from squatters camps they had set up in a Guatemalan forest reserve.

The immigration institute said Monday that the Mexican farmers had asked for their land back.

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