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Police persecutions, assaults, extortion of coyotes, diseases, long walks under an inclement sun, hunger and thirst, under these extreme conditions, the Caravan of migrants that left 10 days ago from the border with Guatemala, travels the highways of southern Mexico with the intention of reaching the country's capital and protesting the

delays in the processing of humanitarian visas

that have turned their journey into a mousetrap riddled with deadly traps. The detection of up to six cases of dengue among its members and the death at the hands of the National Guard of a migrant of Cuban origin have once again exposed the

deplorable conditions suffered by the Central American exodus

in the region.

The Mexican Prosecutor's Office has announced the opening of an investigation to clarify the facts. According to the official version, the National Guard stopped a pick-up truck in which 9 migrants were traveling, but due to the driver's refusal to stop the vehicle and the suspicion that he was seeking to "run over" the agents, a

shooting that has left one dead and four wounded.

The passengers who were not injured fled in terror in all directions, but were finally "rescued," a term used by the Mexican government to refer to the detention of irregular migrants.

The incident took place on Sunday on a highway 150 km north of the border with Guatemala, very close to the town where the rest of the Caravan rested, made up of

at least 4,000 people

who disperse and regroup every day, after travel dozens of kilometers enduring temperatures above 35 degrees. According to activists who accompany the contingent, such as Irineo Mújica, founder of the NGO 'Pueblos sin Fronteras', another attack by the National Guard was recorded late Monday that left

13 migrants wounded by gunshots.

After having traveled more than 120 kilometers on foot in the last 10 days, the harsh conditions of the crossing and the lack of government aid are also beginning to take a toll on the health of the migrants.

As confirmed by the National Migration Institute (INM), volunteer doctors accompanying the Caravan have detected six cases of dengue, five of them in minors.

One of them had hemorrhagic dengue fever and had to be admitted

to the Rural Hospital of Mapstepec, along with four others who were discharged at the request of their relatives who wanted to continue with the route.

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Ezequiel Antonio Mejía, father of one of the affected minors, told Televisa that he was taking his son because "he is better, he is recovering, his platelets were low but he is already recovering (...) go on because we can't go back. " In addition to dengue, health authorities have also reported cases of

fever, cough, flu, and symptoms of dehydration and

gastrointestinal

infections

, especially among minors.

Despite the adversities they have faced in recent days, the organizers of this group exodus have confirmed that they will continue their journey to Mexico City to denounce, before the Congress of Deputies, the Senate and the Ministry of the Interior, the deplorable The situation they face in Tapachula, a city on the border with Guatemala, where they are held by immigration authorities and forced to wait for more than a year to process their transit permits. The pandemic and

Mexico's decision to militarize the south

of the country have turned Tapachula into a bottleneck where 63,000 people are living poorly while waiting for shelter.

After health and mobility restrictions managed to significantly reduce the migratory flow, this year the region is experiencing an unprecedented crisis with

147,000

undocumented immigrants identified in Mexico so far this year, triple the number registered in 2020. In the coming weeks , it is expected that the decimated migrant caravan will arrive in the Mexican capital to star in an unusual protest with which they intend to open the eyes of the world to the desperate situation they are going through on their journey to the United States.

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