Migrants Face Harsh Treatment as Mexico Vows to Contain Them
- Haitian, Central American nationals detained in Chiapas
- Footage shows National Guard stopping children, women
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A group of Haitian and Central American nationals faced Mexico’s harsh migration controls on Thursday just hours after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed to prevent their caravan from trekking further north.
The migrants, including women and children, were chased by federal agents and cornered by national guardsmen with riot shields as they made their way through the southern state of Chiapas. A video published by news website Animal Politico showed a man crying as he held a woman who appeared unconscious on the ground outside an immigration vehicle. It wasn’t clear what caused her to faint.