{"id":195482,"date":"2019-03-26T17:07:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T21:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=195482"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:07:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T21:07:50","slug":"some-700-cubans-traveling-in-caravan-of-migrants-from-chiapas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/some-700-cubans-traveling-in-caravan-of-migrants-from-chiapas\/","title":{"rendered":"Some 700 Cubans traveling in caravan of migrants from Chiapas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The caravan of Central American immigrants that has formed on the border of Guatemala with Mexico includes people from different countries in the region and about 700 Cubans who have managed to reach Mexican territory.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to several local media, Cubans have concentrated in a plaza in the city of Tapachula, in southwest Mexico, where they have told the daily <\/span>Excelsi\u00f3r<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that the aim is to reach the northern border of the United States and from there try to enter that country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently, the Cubans decided to join the caravan because they are in Mexican territory without a crossing permit given by the Mexican authorities, who have decided to make the passage difficult in the face of the avalanche of the island\u2019s undocumented trying to reach the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cubans, says <\/span>\u00a0Exc\u00e9lsior<\/span><\/a>, have been stranded there for two weeks due to the impossibility of obtaining the transit document.<\/span><\/p>\n

The document is free but the border authorities, according to several testimonies, are demanding about 1,500 Mexican pesos (about 80 dollars) and the hiring of lawyers for the necessary procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n

The facilities of the National Institute of Migration (INM) of Tapachula are closed after a protest led by Cubans last week when they invaded the premises.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scammed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several Cuban immigrants have complained that local lawyers have been swindling them, charging them from 200 to 700 dollars for processing the necessary documentation.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the witnesses, who identified himself to the Mexican news agency Quadrat\u00edn as Pedro \u00c1vila, confirmed that “they ask us for 300, 500 and even 700 dollars, which is a lot of money; in other countries they do not charge us and the process is fast and agile.”<\/span><\/p>\n