Migrant rights activists said this Saturday that police Texas Attacks on undocumented immigrants at the Ciudad Juarez-El Paso border, between Mexico and the United States, have escalated into shootings with rubber bullets.

Rosa Mani Arias, coordinator in Juarez of the Avara group, an American-born organization supporting migrants, called the attack brutal and outrageous by Texas police, who joined border enforcement in Juarez-El Paso a few days ago.

“The situation with rubber shots is very unfortunate, it is very unfortunate that people are completely vulnerable. We are outraged, we can only urge the people who come to our spaces that we are ready to support them,” he said. EFE activist.

He noted that people attacked They may find themselves in a very difficult situation.Because they are injured and there is no care center nearby, their health problems are compounded by the lack of hygiene, food and water in the camps migrants have set up in the area.

“They are in a very difficult area, access to them is very difficult, and we are not always there to be able to support them and take them to hospitals,” he explained.

He said that to avoid such violent events and some tragedies, it is best for migrants setting up camp to take shelter in one of the shelters and conduct immigration process in accordance with US rules.

“They should not have to compromise their integrity, their health, their actions in order to be able to get to the United States in an orderly manner,” the activist said.

Immigration tensions in Juarez-El Paso reached a new peak this Friday as Texas police joined a border surveillance effort that is still fell into the hands of the National Guard.

Corporations Last Friday they used tear gas. against a group of migrants who were pulling a metal mesh in front of Border Point 36 to reach US Border Patrol agents in the El Paso, Texas sector.

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The dispute involved a 26-year-old Venezuelan who gave his name as Jose Losada. was wounded by a rubber bulletand his face was covered in blood while other migrants demonstrated peacefully.

Despite these actions, the camp of fifty migrants remains at point 36between the banks of the Rio Grande and one of three barbed wire fences that have been fortifying the border since yesterday.

There are also about 100 Texas National Guard units and at least 30 patrols in the area.

These actions come against the backdrop of a migration flow unprecedented in recent years in the region, where Mexico reported a nearly 77% increase in illegal migration in 2023.More than 782 thousand undocumented foreigners have been identified.

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Moreover, last September the International Organization for Migration (IOM) declared the border between Mexico and the United States “The most dangerous land migration route in the world”in 2022, more than 686 migrants died or went missing. (EFE)