Mexico's Crackdown Escalates Dangers for Refugee Central Americans Fleeing Violence Jo Tuckman - The Guardian
go to original October 13, 2015

Outsourcing a Refugee Crisis: US Paid Mexico Millions to Target Central Americans Fleeing Violence (Democracy Now!)

Across southern Mexico, Central American migrants fleeing violence, poverty and institutional collapse have over recent months found that well-trodden – if risky – routes north have been blocked by a government crackdown.

This has forced travelers to divert their journey through more remote and more perilous regions, where they face a heightened risk of robbery, rape, abduction and death.

Migrants interviewed in three separate church-run shelters on Mexico’s sweltering Pacific coastal plain, described taking lengthy detours – by land or even by sea – to avoid checkpoints and police raids.

They spoke of violent encounters with armed robbers and corrupt police – and the constant threat of sexual violence against female migrants. Female migrants described how they were forced to sleep with people smugglers or coyotes in exchange for their “protection”.

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