Mexico received more than 4,000 deported immigrants after President Donald Trump

The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported that since the inauguration of the American president Donald Trump, her country has received about 4,094 deported immigrants from the US, however, she added that this does not mean a significant increase in these operations.

Mexico has received more than 4,000 people deported since the arrival of President Donald Trump to the White House, the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported Monday.

In her usual morning conference, the president of Mexico said that these migrants are mostly of Mexican nationality, some of which arrived in four planes that arrived at the Felipe Ángeles airport in the capital.

“From January 20 to 26, 4,094 people have been received, the vast majority of them Mexican and Mexican,” he said.

The Mexican president said that however this does not represent an increase in these deportation operations since her northern neighbor. “So far there has been no substantive increase (deportation), there were a few days that decreased, but if we took it per week, It is a number that our country has had on other occasions. ”

He mentioned that Mexico seeks to respect the human rights of their nationals, so that upon arrival in the country the migrants are received in care centers where the authorities can address complaints of rights violations against US organizations. “Some of them They have won “in court,” he said.

The Mexican president said that a bilateral working group is maintained in migration and others, after the telephone call between the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and Mexican Chancellor Juan Ramón de la Fuente.

“On the issue of migration there were already several meetings between CBP (Office of Customs and Border Protection of the United States) that has to do with migration and customs, and migration of Mexico, where foreign relations and the Undersecretary of Human Rights were present. They have been remote meetings and there have been agreements, ”he said.

Sheinbaum clarified that these coordinations are not new to Mexico, which has a long history of cooperation on repatriation flights from the United States.

“What we did … we prepared with the centers of attention, particularly on the northern border, which some are ready and others are about to be finished. They are care centers where we receive our nationals, Mexicans who are deported by the United States and that we receive it, as I said, with the program 'Mexico hugs you', ”he explained.

Reactions to differences between Colombia and the US

After Moment of tension Among the governments of the United States and Colombia, the president of Mexico applauded that both administrations establish an agreement, after Bogotá did not accept flights with deported migrants and Washington responded with the decision to establish tariffs, among other measures.

“It is not good either rates (tariffs) or other mechanisms. What I understand is that yesterday night an agreement was reached between Colombia and the United States and that is good because finally the dialogue and respect must prevail what we have always sought in the relationship with our principles of defense of sovereignty “, said.

The president confirmed that an urgent meeting has been called in the community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC) to address the issue of migration in the region.