TIJUANA (EFE).— Venezuelans stranded in Tijuana, where they represent one in four irregular migrants intercepted this year, are overcome by a mixture of desolation and hope of returning to their country, as the exodus has multiplied due to the political crisis aggravated by last Sunday’s elections.
Evelin Mora, a 29-year-old Venezuelan, shared that nine years ago she was forced to leave Venezuela due to threats, in addition to the precarious conditions and repression experienced in her country, so she left her family behind to safeguard her safety and be able to continue with her life.
“Since 2014, we began to experience repression, mainly against us, the university students, who were the ones defending the people at that time, and I left because of that, but also because I knew I had no future in my country and I had no other option,” he said.
Mexican authorities detected nearly 1.4 million “people in an irregular migration situation” between January and May 2024, of which 377,401 are originally from Venezuela, according to the National Migration Institute (INM).
At a protest against the current government of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan Andreina Silva said that families in her country are terrified because “if they go out, they are exposed to being kidnapped or something else being done to them.”
“My mother, sisters and nieces are so sad, even though they want to keep fighting and giving everything to support us, they are terrified. My mother doesn’t sleep at all, they set up roadblocks near her house and they are so scared that they can’t go out because they don’t know what could happen,” she explained.
He also called on his fellow countrymen to continue fighting wherever they can and in a safe manner, because, he said, he does not want to “see more dead brothers.”
On page 7 we published Pope Francis’ concern about the “critical situation” in Venezuela.
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2024-08-12 20:32:15
