Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico’s deportations of Central Americans rise sharply

Mexico deported 79 percent more people from Central America's northern triangle in the first four months of 2015 than it did during the same period a year earlier, according to government statistics.

Data from Mexico's National Immigration Institute say that 51,565 immigrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were deported between January and April, up from 28,736, during that period in 2014.

Deportation of Guatemalans rose 124 percent, followed by Salvadorans at 79 percent and Hondurans at 40 percent.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday expressed its "concern over stepped-up actions reportedly . . .

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