Deportation of Central Americans from Mexico Grows Over 50% in 2014 teleSur
go to original December 23, 2014

Central American immigrants sit atop the so-called La Bestia (The Beast) cargo train, in an attempt to reach the Mexico-U.S. border, in Arriaga, Chiapas state, Mexico in July, 2014. (Elizabeth Ruiz/AFP/Getty Images)

As several Mexican politicians continue to criticize the United States for deporting thousands of people each year, in 2014, Mexico’s deportations of Central Americans increased by 53.3 percent, according to Guatemalan officials.

This year, 104,253 Central Americans were deported from Mexico. The two previous years, 77,876 and 77,395 Central Americans were deported, according to AFP, which cites a Guatemalan official.

In 2014, the Hondurans were the largest group of deportees, at 42,697.

Honduras is followed by Guatemala, which shares the border with Mexico. A total of 40,311 Guatemalans were deported, 20,269 Salvadorans and 976 Nicaraguans, states the documents cited by AFP.

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