by the El Reportero’s news services
Immigration authorities are investigating the legal situation of 14 undocumented Central American immigrants who were rescued by police in Chiapas after being kidnapped.
The immigrants, 13 of the Salvadorans and one Guatemalan, were kidnapped by three alleged Mexican smugglers, knownas polleros, who intended to take them into the United States, police said.
The three Mexican suspects were arrested by federal police in the town of El Aguaje on the road between San Cristobala and Comitan in southern Mexico.
A woman and two minors were among the group of 14 immigrants, whose identities had not yet been revealed. Their situation, including the possibility of deportation, is being analyzed by immigration authorities and the Chiapas General Prosecutor’s Office.
According to Mexican law, when people from other countries illegally enter Mexico and are victims of kidnapping, abuse or human rights violations, they have the right to remain here legally for up to one year.
Costa Rican Opposition Rejects Docking of US Military Ships
Costa Rican opposition politicians reiterated their rejection on Friday to U.S. military ships docking in Costa Rica under the pretext of fighting drug trafficking.
“We want to fight drug trafficking, but we do not accept the docking or prolonged stay of military ships in our country, because it violates our Constitution and ournational sovereignty,” said Juan Carlos Mendoza, head of the Citizen Action Party (PAC) bloc in the Legislative Assembly.
Last week, President Laura Chinchilla criticized legislators for delaying authorizations for joint Costa Rican/U.S. patrols. The Costa Rican LegislativeAssembly approved the entry of 46 U.S. Coast Guard ships in December 2010, but did not authorize the entry of 26 military ships.
In statements published online Friday by El País newspaper, Assemblywoman Carmen Muñoz (PAC) said the ships had artillery emplacements with weapons contravening Cooperation Articles 5 and 6 signed by the United States and Costa Rica.
U.S. Blockade against Cuba, example of human rights violation
Beijing, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) China on Sunday said the U.S. blockade of Cuba for almost half a century was an example of the United States violating human rights in other nations.
This criticism appeared in a report issued by the Information Office of the Council of State as a response to a document on human rights published on Friday by the White House referring to 2010. The Chinese document recalls that last October, the UN General Assembly approved for the nineteenth time a resolution demanding the end of the U.S. blockade, which violates the right of the Cuban people to develop.
(Prensa Latina) The U.S. blockade against Cuba classifies as a act of genocide according to Article 2 of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Chinese government said. The White House uses the human rights issue as a political tool to discredit other countries and achieve U.S. strategic interests.
The Chinese report, Human Rights Record of the United States in 2010, analyzes the situation in that country taking into account civil, political, economic, cultural and social rights.
