Mexico: Aggression against undocumented migrants worsens
Thursday, November 11th, 2010[Translation of an article from La Jornada of Mexico City for November 10. See original article here and related article here.]
by Fabiola Martínez
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, November 9 – “What country was Calderón talking about?” asked Edith Zavala, executive secretary of the Foro Nacional para las Migraciones [National Forum for Migration] of Honduras, a support network for citizens of that country who have suffered abuse while traveling through Mexico, as soon as the president’s long speech ended..
Calderón listed measures to support the migrants, actions to arrest those responsible for the massacre in Tamaulipas of 72 workers from Central and South America and reassured listeners that his administration respects human rights. (more…)