INM denies participation of authorities in fight with migrants in Chihuahua | News from Mexico

MEXICO CITY.- Through a statement, the Migration’s national institute (INM) denied that Federal Immigration Agents (AFM) had caused the confrontation with migrants in the municipality of Chihuahua.

According to the immigration agency, the authorities They did not carry firearms and, when questioned, they denied having attacked a woman during the altercation.

Likewise, the INM detailed that the group that started the confrontation was made up of people of various nationalities who live irregularly on Juan Pablo II Street, airport colonyin Chihuahua.

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These people would have entered the yards of the privately owned railway station, where they set fire to a four-wheeler. FERROMEX. Furthermore, from a bridge, other people threw bottles, sticks and stones towards the AFM present at the scene.

“It is categorically denied that INM personnel attacked a migrant woman, as the foreigners alleged to justify their protest,” the authorities stated.

At no time did the AFM confront the migrants; On the other hand, the agents were subject to direct attacks, such as the case of one of them who received electric shocks from a gun carried by one of the migrants, and another received a strong blow to the back when a considerable sized stone was thrown at him. ”.