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Hundreds of migrants jump into the Rio Grande despite warnings from Mexican agents

Matamoros (Mexico), April 24 (EFE).- Agents of Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) warned on Monday thousands of migrants not to jump into the waters of the Rio Grande, but hundreds of America Central and Southern arrived in the United States. swimming to get to the border patrol. For several weeks, migrants who are part of the families living in a camp located on the banks of the Rio Grande (Río Grande in the United States)), which lacks basic conditions and services, have been throwing themselves into the flood to join United States. territory in its eagerness to expedite its entry into this country and end the wait in Mexico. “We already want to cross, we can’t take it anymore (in Mexico), they harass us a lot,” Venezuelan migrant Mayerlin told EFE, who omitted her surname for security reasons. Asylum seekers insist the CBP One app, run by the Joe Biden government to register applicants for legal passage to this nation, continues to have flaws. In addition, they indicated that they had been victims in recent days of situations linked to insecurity, such as the burning of tents by allegedly armed civilians. UNEXPECTED ATTEMPT This Monday, INM agents arrived in the Rio Grande area to ask migrants to move away from the water and to move away from the shore several who were about to throw themselves on inflatable mattresses, which they use to avoid danger to swim, but risk falling into the river, an action which has already claimed the lives of some migrants. A esas acciones se sumó la Guardia Nacional, cuyos agents dispersaron a los grupos que pretendían alcanzar el “sueño americano”, esto sin que se presentara fricción alguna, aunque sí hubo varios reclamos sober las injustices por las que atraviesan dure su estancia en la frontera mexican. “I’m a single mother, I’m already tired, I practically sleep on the streets with my son every day and I don’t have food to feed him,” Venezuelan María Hernández told EFE. A few minutes later, a few meters from the passage closed by the authorities, a considerable number of children and adults appeared who descended from the edge of the river and although an INM agent tried to stop them , he was overwhelmed by the crowd. THE CROSSING OF THE HUNDREDS On its official Facebook page, the United States Border Patrol reported that in the past 24 hours it had intercepted 1,600 migrants entering the country through the Rio Grande, between Matamoros and Brownsville, as the flux is named in the southern region of Texas. Migrants now use up to six inflatable beds to pass groups of four or less, and similarly children are also transferred despite the risk that travelers could fall into the water as many cannot swim. In the reactivation of the crossings, the Mexican authorities no longer prevented it and limited themselves to observing from the edge of the river the constant flow which persisted on Monday afternoon. An estimated 3,500 migrants are stranded in the city of Matamoros seeking to legally enter the United States or via the Rio Grande, including a growing number of migrants from Asia. Jumping into the border river between Mexico and the United States has been a common scene since late 2022, when migrants from Central and South America also crossed the stream in large numbers, regardless of whether there were American agents on the other side to intercept them. . (c) EFE Agency