Flow of Undocumented Central American Migrant Children Across Mexico Continues James Blears - Vatican Radio
go to original October 17, 2014

A suspected smuggler allegedly brings undocumented Salvadorian immigrants, most of them minors, across the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. in Mission, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)

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A new report by Mexico's National Immigration Institute says that 15,795 undocumented children were detained on Mexican soil, in the first eight months of this year. That's 167 percent higher than in 2012 and 62 percent more than last year. Mexico's Ministry of the Interior says that 98 percent of the youngsters are from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

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