The Government of Mexico can boast that in less than a week has been rescued in two operations to 119 migrants who were kidnapped in Tamaulipas (northeastern Mexico). Among those released are 83 Mexicans, 22 Guatemalans, 6 Chinese, 4 Hondurans, Salvadorans and 1 3 Panama. There are regular news and thanks to these two police actions, the government headed by Felipe Calderon may report that the annual figure of 20,000 kidnapped migrants has dropped half a percentage point.
The first rescue of migrants, who were kidnapped when they were about to reach the United States, occurred on 19 April. In that raid in the border city of Reynosa, "intelligence work" allowed the police to rescue 68 people. Two of the kidnappers were arrested, thanks to information obtained in that first rescue, police were able to find another home, also in Reynosa, where on Monday freed 51 hostages.
From testimonies of those rescued, the authorities reported that the perpetrators of these mass kidnappings are members of the Gulf cartel, which takes place criminal group, along with his exsocio criminal group Los Zetas, the domain in Tamaulipas. The migrants were arrested in Reynosa bus terminal, or near where they were asked to contact with relatives, either in their home or in the U.S., so they pay the amount of "ransom." The family will have to send between 1,000 and 2,000 dollars for the freedom of the detained, or more if they want to "hire" the criminals to "help" the hostage to reach U.S.
soil. According to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Mexico, since 2009, six months, about 10,000 people who sought to reach the U.S. were abducted by different gangs in different parts of the country. In February this year, the NHRC issued a new report confirmed that a total of 20,000 migrants are abducted annually.
And just three weeks ago, the agency explained that there are 71 municipalities with "high risk" for migrants. The NHRC report this year includes testimony as follows: "I promise that I will never again leave my land. I felt like I was dying. I was kidnapped 17 days. To those who did not pay the ransom pa took them out, to, say these unfortunates, see the stars up close.
All day I dream that I killed, so that your tables breaks my heart. is that we stood against the wall, with ornate palms and legs wide apart and then, with a fat table, they'd have ourselves until we fell on his knees, crying. Here all, at some point, it crushed us. It was sad and we mourn, we were like dogs howling like animals, then.
I never should have tried . I thought that would make it. I was so close to crossing. Why are Mexicans so bad? I understand that there are some of us who are not good, but the majority, we just want to cross to get to work in the U.S. and bring a few dollars pa our homes. And then, yes, including foreigners were also ill, was Guatemalan.
Mexico had also abducted, as eleven, yes, one day was eleven, then came more. I just wanted a job to pay my debts. But I do not want anything. What makes me most angry is that many are waiting to leave, do not ignore me, I told best return to their lands, but they're fools. The poor. "Despite the reports of the NHRC and warning calls of civil organizations as the Pastoral Commission on Human Mobility of Mexican Bishops, which has shelters throughout the country are migrants, and had complained they were being kidnapped , it was not until the massacre of 72 foreign migrants in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, which occurred last August that the case was placed in the first place of public discussion.
Before that, the Mexican government had dismissed the allegations and accusations of that even police officers were involved in kidnappings. Therefore, even if only a few dozen, those rescued in the last week in Reynosa became news. 
The first rescue of migrants, who were kidnapped when they were about to reach the United States, occurred on 19 April. In that raid in the border city of Reynosa, "intelligence work" allowed the police to rescue 68 people. Two of the kidnappers were arrested, thanks to information obtained in that first rescue, police were able to find another home, also in Reynosa, where on Monday freed 51 hostages.
From testimonies of those rescued, the authorities reported that the perpetrators of these mass kidnappings are members of the Gulf cartel, which takes place criminal group, along with his exsocio criminal group Los Zetas, the domain in Tamaulipas. The migrants were arrested in Reynosa bus terminal, or near where they were asked to contact with relatives, either in their home or in the U.S., so they pay the amount of "ransom." The family will have to send between 1,000 and 2,000 dollars for the freedom of the detained, or more if they want to "hire" the criminals to "help" the hostage to reach U.S.
soil. According to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Mexico, since 2009, six months, about 10,000 people who sought to reach the U.S. were abducted by different gangs in different parts of the country. In February this year, the NHRC issued a new report confirmed that a total of 20,000 migrants are abducted annually.
And just three weeks ago, the agency explained that there are 71 municipalities with "high risk" for migrants. The NHRC report this year includes testimony as follows: "I promise that I will never again leave my land. I felt like I was dying. I was kidnapped 17 days. To those who did not pay the ransom pa took them out, to, say these unfortunates, see the stars up close.
All day I dream that I killed, so that your tables breaks my heart. is that we stood against the wall, with ornate palms and legs wide apart and then, with a fat table, they'd have ourselves until we fell on his knees, crying. Here all, at some point, it crushed us. It was sad and we mourn, we were like dogs howling like animals, then.
I never should have tried . I thought that would make it. I was so close to crossing. Why are Mexicans so bad? I understand that there are some of us who are not good, but the majority, we just want to cross to get to work in the U.S. and bring a few dollars pa our homes. And then, yes, including foreigners were also ill, was Guatemalan.
Mexico had also abducted, as eleven, yes, one day was eleven, then came more. I just wanted a job to pay my debts. But I do not want anything. What makes me most angry is that many are waiting to leave, do not ignore me, I told best return to their lands, but they're fools. The poor. "Despite the reports of the NHRC and warning calls of civil organizations as the Pastoral Commission on Human Mobility of Mexican Bishops, which has shelters throughout the country are migrants, and had complained they were being kidnapped , it was not until the massacre of 72 foreign migrants in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, which occurred last August that the case was placed in the first place of public discussion.
Before that, the Mexican government had dismissed the allegations and accusations of that even police officers were involved in kidnappings. Therefore, even if only a few dozen, those rescued in the last week in Reynosa became news.
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