The continuing dangers of migration through Mexico
Sunday, December 26th, 2010
- Los Angeles Times photo by Don Bartletti
[Translations of two articles from La Jornada of Mexico City for December 24. See originals here and here.]
Human Rights Commission documents kidnapping of 20,000 migrants in 2010
Mexico City, December 23 – The Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDH – National Human Rights Commission) of Mexico has documented more than 10,000 kidnappings of illegal migrants during a six-month period of this year, an official of the organization announced on Thursday.
The CNDH has recently investigated at the scene the abduction of some 50 immigrants who were travelling on a freight train through Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, as charged by Central American governments. (more…)