by the El Reportero’s wire services
The group of 180 Cuban migrants that received special permission of entry from the Mexican government, continues today, now on their own, their trip in direction to the border of the United States.
“They are on their own”, said a source of the National Institute of Migration (INAMI), an institution that received these migrants Tuesday on the state of Chiapas in a tidy and rapid form, gave them a document of low visitor delivered by humanitarian reasons and for agreement with several Central American countries.
This document allows stay for 20 days to the first group of Cuban of a pilot plan that went out with the help of airlines of Costa Rica, covered on highway El Salvador and Guatemala and must go along along Mexican territory to reach the border of the United States.
Grisel Suárez Clavo, interviewed by telephone from Tapachula, Chiapas, said that it would extract accounts to buy an air ticket that takes him a bordering city with the United States, where the Cuban who arrive on bus or car, receive from the authorities of the northern country privileges denied to other migrants of the region and from other latitudes.
Although till now the operative initiated in Liberia, Costa Rica, seems successful, the pilot plan will be checked by the concerned governments: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, although about insurance, something will have to be said by the United States, which unlike migration policy towards Cuba, Central America and other Latin American countries is a criticism object.
These are the same US authorities, that these days they realize raids and massive deportations against Latin-American migrants, who keep on trying to escape of economic lacks, political violence or for reasons of familiar reunification.
Latino construction worker reluctantly buys powerball ticket…and wins
A construction worker in New Mexico might be the world’s most reluctant new millionaire.
Jose Sarabia went to buy a single lottery ticket at a gas station in Loving, New Mexico, but the clerk accidently printed two out.
The clerk tried to sell the extra ticket to one of Sarabia’s friends, but he didn’t want it so the construction worker shelled out another $3. Turns out that was probably the best few dollars he ever spent.
Sarabia’s ticket matched the white ball numbers of 02, 11, 47, 62 and 63. He missed landing that night’s jackpot of $500 million by not matching the winning red Powerball of 17.
While there were 15 other lottery players across the nation who won $1 million, Sarabia purchased an additional $1 Power Play –making him the only winner in the United States to double his Powerball prize to $2 million.
Sarabia, who is from Fort Stockton, Texas and has commuted to New Mexico for work for the last three years, said that he plans to use his winnings to pay off his house and cars, donate to his church and help his parents.
When asked if his friend regretted not buying the winning ticket, Sarabia said with a smile, “No. It was my ticket, it was meant for me.”
The lottery win is also good news for the store that sold the ticket, Brewer Oil Loving Chevron, which is eligible for a $2,500 New Mexico Lottery bonus.
And in case anyone was wondering, Sarabia already has his ticket for Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot, which was increased this morning to $1.5 billion.
