Guatemalan authorities say that nearly 600 Mexicans have fled across the border into Guatemala seeking refuge from drug cartel violence. Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo says that his administration was coordinating with the local governments in Huehuetenango and the municipality of Cuilco to attend to the Mexicans.
GUATEMALA CITY — Nearly 600 Mexicans have fled across the border from Mexico into Guatemala seeking refuge from drug cartel violence, Guatemala n authorities said Wednesday.
Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo said that his administration was coordinating with the local governments in Huehuetenango and the municipality of Cuilco to attend to the Mexicans “who are escaping conflict between groups that is taking place on the Mexican side.” A government report obtained by The Associated Press described accounts from the refugees who explained they had abandoned their homes because of a lack of food and fighting between organized crime groups. Among the 580 people were men, women, children and elderly.
On the Mexican side, Chiapas’ state security agency said it had received no reports from the area. Mexico’s foreign affairs ministry and National Guard did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the Mexicans who sought refuge in Guatemala. Cartels from the northern states of Sinaloa and Jalisco battle for territory across Mexico. And for more than a year they have brought that fight to Chiapas along its border with Guatemala. They fight to control lucrative smuggling routes for drugs, migrants and guns.
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