Mexico: Families divided after raid on community

Index Number: AMR 41/002/2012
Date Published: 11 January 2012
Categories: Mexico

Seventy-one members of a Guatemalan community who had sought refuge in Tabasco state, Mexico, have been detained by Mexican authorities and taken to a migrant detention centre. Over 100 members of the community remain in Tabasco state. Those detained include children, and some families have apparently been divided.