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They capture the moment in which a migrant is subjected to electric shocks in Chiapas; INM denies having these Alleged devices elements of the National Migration Institute (INM) were recorded while submitting and used a device to give electric shocks once morest a cuban migrant in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas. The video was published by Azucena Uresti, a journalist from Grupo Formula.
According to a video that circulated on social networks, in the action once morest the Cuban migrant you can see four migration agents, three men and one woman, all from INM, struggling once morest him and at one point one of the agents takes out the electrical device (taser ) to take the person, although in the action he was rebuked by residents, while other migrants tried to free him on several occasions.
#ELDATO | elements of the @INAMI_mx were recorded while subduing and using a device to give electric shocks once morest a Cuban migrant in Ciudad Hidalgo, #Chiapas; authorities are already investigating them pic.twitter.com/SsuoP5X5R2
– Azucena Uresti (@azucenau) March 31, 2022
About this incident, registered on Monday followingnoon, the National Institute of Migration (INM), dependent on the Ministry of the Interior (Interior), reported this Tuesday in a statement that it began investigations to determine responsibilities and gave view to the Internal Organ of Control (OIC) “regarding the actions of migration agents”.
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It is not in their protocol to use download devices
The INM clarified “that it does not have among its equipment or work tools, nor in its action protocol, the use of electric shock devices, such as the one that was apparently used by public servants of the institution once morest the person in the context of mobility”.
In addition, he condemned and lamented “any act contrary to the law”, especially if it is carried out or is committed by an authority.
In this regard, the director of the Center for Human Dignification in Tapachula, Luis Rey García Villagrán, considered that “there will be no sanction” by the National Migration Institute, following the video was released.
The activist indicated that in the event that the migrant was disturbing the order, such as kicking a gate or having stolen, the INM “is not the competent authority for that, so the foreigner should have made himself available to the competent authority because those arrests foment violence and hatred”.
He regretted that some citizens celebrated that the migration staff subjected him to electric shocks, but said that the sensitivity of some people who defended the foreigner might also be seen.
The whereregardings of the migrant are unknown.
Until now the whereregardings of the migrant are unknown and there are no reports that he is in the migratory station (shelter) Siglo XXI, nor in the offices of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR).
The region is experiencing a record flow to the United States, whose Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office detected more than 1.7 million undocumented immigrants on the border with Mexico in fiscal year 2021, which ended on September 30.
Mexico deported more than 114,000 foreigners in 2021, according to data from the country’s Ministry of the Interior.
The Mexican authorities have intercepted 73,034 foreigners with an irregular stay in national territory between January 1 and March 8 of this year, according to a recent report by the INM.
Meanwhile, the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (Comar) received a record 131,448 refugee applications in 2021.
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