Authorities Affirm Major Drop in Central American Migrants Crossing Mexico Television del Sur
go to original October 9, 2014

Mexico is a country that historically has sent millions of migrants to the United States. Now the country finds itself caught in the middle of a fierce debate over how best to deal with the seemingly unending flow of tens of thousands of undocumented Central Americans crossing through Mexican territory. (CCTV America)

In a report published by Mexico’s daily La Jornada, Mexico’s Interior Secretary claims that during the July-September quarter of 2014, adult migration of undocumented Hondurans — the largest group transiting through Mexico — reported a decrease of 43 percent compared to numbers recorded in June. The authorities say the trend is the same for minors.

The report apparently starkly contrasts early summer numbers when there was a “humanitarian crisis” of thousands of migrant children and adolescents crossing Mexico.

In June the numbers of Honduran youth was reportedly at 830,000, while the Interior Minister now says in September the number dropped to 403,000.

While the authorities do not officially explain the reasons for the drop, they unofficially point to an operation implemented in Mexico’s southern states where many migrants board the freight train, known as the bestia, or beast, to travel northward.

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