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Rights groups question Mexican migration crackdown after woman's death
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS JUNE 19, 2019 / 6:47 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Rights groups question Mexican migration crackdown after woman's death
Noe Torres
3 MIN READ
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Rights groups on Wednesday raised concerns over Mexico’s use of security forces to curb illegal migration after prosecutors said they were investigating the death of a young woman in an alleged shooting of Salvadoran migrants by police last week.
The incident, in which the 19-year-old woman was killed and two men were wounded, occurred on Friday in the eastern state of Veracruz amid a push by Mexico to stem the flow of U.S.-bound migrants entering Mexico from Central American.
Mexico is under pressure to halt the flow to avoid punitive tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump.
“This would be the first person killed by the plan to contain migration,” activist Ruben Figueroa of migrant rights’ group Movimiento Migrante Mesoamericano wrote on Twitter.
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Rights groups question Mexican migration crackdown after woman's death
Noe Torres
3 MIN READ
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Rights groups on Wednesday raised concerns over Mexico’s use of security forces to curb illegal migration after prosecutors said they were investigating the death of a young woman in an alleged shooting of Salvadoran migrants by police last week.
The incident, in which the 19-year-old woman was killed and two men were wounded, occurred on Friday in the eastern state of Veracruz amid a push by Mexico to stem the flow of U.S.-bound migrants entering Mexico from Central American.
Mexico is under pressure to halt the flow to avoid punitive tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump.
“This would be the first person killed by the plan to contain migration,” activist Ruben Figueroa of migrant rights’ group Movimiento Migrante Mesoamericano wrote on Twitter.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-immigration/rights-groups-question-mexican-migration-crackdown-after-womans-death-idUSKCN1TK358
