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Added on the 12/03/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Guatemala City, Mar 12 (EFE), (CAMERA: Esteban Biba) .- The bodies of the 16 Guatemalan migrants killed in a massacre on January 22 in Tamaulipas, Mexico, arrived Friday in Guatemala City.
Migrants who have recently made it to the US arrive in buses from detention centers to reunite with family members for the first time after being separated at the US-Mexico border near Brownsville’s bus station, in Texas. IMAGES
NGO workers and migrants lay flowers for the at least 39 people who died at a Mexican immigration detention centre in Ciudad Juarez near the US border. Migrants are believed to have lit the fire as a demonstration because they feared they would be deported, according to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. IMAGES
Tapachula, Mar 27 (EFE).- Mexican and Guatemalan authorities began a binational operation Saturday to stop the growing migratory flow, citing the need to avoid the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent human trafficking. (Camera: JUAN MANUEL BLANCO).SHOT LIST: OFFICERS OF THE MEXICAN ARMY AND NATIONAL GUARD TAKE PART IN THE 'CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF THE GROUPS ORGANIZED, EQUIPPED AND TRAINED FOR HUMANITARIAN RESCUE', IN THE CITY OF TAPACHULA, STATE OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO. SOUND BITES: VICENTE ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ, THE COMMANDER OF TAPACHULA AND GUILLERMO DÍAZ, DIRECTOR OF GUATEMALAN INSTITUTE OF MIGRATION (IGM) (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS:1. VICENTE ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ, THE COMMANDER OF TAPACHULA.- The fundamental objective is that we all protect ourselves, because Easter is coming and holidays are coming and we must remember that last year after the long weekend, there was a strong resurgence (of cases).2. GUILLERMO DÍAZ, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF GUATEMALAN MIGRATION INSTITUTE (IGM).- We should recognize that Guatemala is a transit country, not a country of destination. And since we're a transit country, the health conditions of those who come are concerned, as much as our own and those of our Mexican neighbors.
Comitancillo, Mar 13 (EFE).- Seven weeks ago the relatives of 16 Guatemalan migrants from Comitancillo received calls and messages that alerted them to a car accident near the Mexico-United States border. The "accident" was actually a massacre in the town of Santa Anita, where 19 people were shot and incinerated. Sixteen of the dead were Guatemalan.(Camera: ESTEBAN BIBA)SHOT LIST: FUNERAL OF THE SLAIN GUATEMALAN MIGRANTS IN COMITANCILLO, GUATEMALA.