Immigration Reality: 1,500 Mexican Immigration Agents to Undergo Reviews

Latin American Herald Tribune - 1,500 Mexican Immigration Agents to Undergo Reviews: "The seven new chiefs in the states through which the majority of migrants pass will perform reviews of the 1,500 immigration agents under their command in an effort to end corruption and ensure that migrants’ rights are protected, National Migration Institute, or INM, director Salvador Beltran del Rio said.

The INM announced plans last week to weed out corrupt immigration agents in the states of Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Mexico through which thousands of migrants pass.

The measure was taken in response to complaints from migrants about agents who were allegedly working with criminal organizations, officials said. ...

An estimated 300,000 Central Americans and 400,000 Mexicans undertake the dangerours journey across Mexico each year on their way to the United States.

Central American migrants follow a long route that takes them into Chiapas, a state in southern Mexico on the border with Guatemala, walking part of the way or riding aboard freight trains, buses and cargo trucks.

The trek is a dangerous one, with criminals and corrupt Mexican officials preying on the migrants.

The flow of migrants has increased markedly in the northern and northeastern parts of Mexico since U.S. officials increased security along the border in the northwestern part of the country."