The 310 men and one woman that INM said were in Mexico illegally were sent on a chartered flight, accompanied by federal immigration agents and Mexico’s National Guard. SEE ALSO :Mexican banks report failures in processing card paymentsMost of the deportees were from India’s northern Punjab state, an Indian official said. INM said the deportees had been scattered in eight states around Mexico, including in southern Mexico from where many Indian migrants enter the country, hoping to transit to the U.S. border. For More of This and Other Stories, Grab Your Copy of the Standard Newspaper. “This type of deportation in Mexico is the first of its kind but likely to continue,” Yates said.

Source: Standard Digital October 18, 2019 15:56 UTC