In 2023, US and Mexican immigration authorities recorded a total of 7 such cases.87,483 migrants detained from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemalacountries that form Central America’s so-called Northern Triangle, according to data obtained Tuesday by the agency. EFE.

Statistics collected by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) indicate an increase in the number of arrests by 18.7% compared to 2022.

For 12 months of last year Another 124,230 arrests on the US southwest border and Mexicowhich increased from 663,253 cases in 2022 to 787,483 in 2023.

Only concerns at the US border they grew by 13.9%, from 493,565 in 2022 to 562,237 in 2023, a difference of 68,672 records.

The largest increase was recorded in Mexico. this figure increased from 169,688 registrations for all of 2022 to 225,246 in 2023, an increase of 32.7%.

In 2023 alone, the number of Salvadorans held by US and Mexican authorities was 90,397, Guatemalans 342,884, and Hondurans 354,202.

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The data collected by IOM comes from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Department of Migration Policy, Registration and Identification of Persons of Mexico.

Every year more than 500,000 people from these three countries They are trying to immigrate illegally to the United States in search of better living conditions, including thousands of minors.

(EFE)