Residents
of a Mexican city are upset about immigrants causing crime, according to a
Tuesday report from El Universal.
The
report said that there was a press conference held in Tapachula by a leader of
a local group called: “For a different Mexico.” The group’s president,
Victorino Alvarez Fuentes, said that immigrants were urinating in public
and sexually assaulting women and minors.
Tapachula
is near the Guatemalan border and besides immigrants from Central American
countries, there has been a recent influx of African immigrants entering Mexico
seeking to eventually get to the U.S.
The
El Universal story centered around a home for immigrants called “Bethlehem,”
and said just a couple weeks ago an immigrant staying there was arrested for
sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy.
Fuentes
said at the press conference that people are no longer leaving their homes due
to fear. (RELATED: Mexico Is Worried About An Influx Of African
And Asian Immigrants)
