Mexican government reinforces consular protection in Eagle Pass, Texas

In order to reinforce consular protection in Eagle Pass, Texas, the General Director of Protection and Strategic Planning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Vanessa Calva Ruiz, held meetings with US authorities in said border area.

Accompanied by the Mexican consul in Eagle Pass, Vivian Juarez Mondragon, and the team from the Department of Protection of the consulate, the Mexican official met with personnel from Homeland Security Investigations, with whom they discussed issues of migrant smuggling, human trafficking, and child pornography.

The Mexican Foreign Ministry specified that work was carried out with the National Institute of Migration in Piedras Negras, including Grupo Beta and the Department of Human Repatriation, as well as with the municipality of Piedras Negras, with whom information on protection programs and strategies was shared. to Mexican people abroad, migratory flows, repatriations of vulnerable people and unaccompanied minors.

As part of the coordination of consular protection programs and in order to exchange good practices, a meeting was also held with diplomatic and local personnel from the Mexican consulates in Eagle Pass, Del Río and Laredo, highlighted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico ?SRE?.

Likewise, he highlighted that with Border Patrol authorities they visited the FireFly Immigration Processing Center, in Maverick County, and the Uvalde, Texas Border Patrol Station, for the processing of unaccompanied minors.

In addition to this, Mexican authorities held a working meeting with the interim chief of the Del Río Sector Border Patrol, where they discussed border security and the situation of border migration. In addition, land and airboat tours were carried out through the area of the buoys in the Rio Grande.

In her meeting with the Maverick County Sheriff, General Manager Calva Ruiz discussed Operation Lone Star and domestic violence. In addition to talking with the interim head of the Customs and Border Protection Office ?CBP? on the transit of migrants through ports of entry and the status of the CBP One application.

Finally, he said, a meeting was held with the councilman of Precinct #2 of the city of Eagle Pass and president of the organization EP SAFE.

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