After the failed assault on the U.S. border, the Mexican border town of stock. The climate on both sides of the border is rough. From Tijuana Tobias buyer reported.
It took a couple of hours, until the city administration announced in Tijuana, the Figures of a turbulent day. A total of 16 Mexicans who fought, apparently a brawl with migrants, and 36 Hondurans, including seven women, were arrested. The migrants, for the immediate deportation now threatens, at least, the government announced, those people were hard to punish those who had broken through a police barrier and in the direction of the limit charged. The appropriate persons need to be identified, however, only once. However, the security forces from Mexico and the USA, documented with surveillance cameras and drones, the events.
Border storm triggers emotions
The hours after the border assault in Tijuana were marked by anger and disappointment, but also of consent. Some residents were not able to because of border blockage across the border, denounced the returning migrants. Others paid tribute to them applauded and called out to them words of encouragement. Cold the day has left but no one in Tijuana.
Also not a great policy. The reported even in the late evening (local time). Mexico’s future President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is full of beans, but only on Saturday, the office of Enrique Pena Nieto takes over, a member of his future Cabinet of Ministers to a crisis meeting. U.S. homeland security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen, in turn, said to want any of the “anarchy” of the migrants tolerate.
Mexico’s security forces to ensure that the border storm from last weekend is not repeated
Discussions in the city
In the streets of Tijuana, it was discussed about the events violently. Café owner, Fernando, has his Shop not far from the sealed-off border crossing “El Chaparral” was not to speak to the migrants. “Since you are in the city, there’s Trouble at the border. People don’t come to Tijuana, when you see these images on television,” he said in an interview with DW. For other Mexicans to strengthen the Central American migrants back. “People are looking for a new opportunity. You don’t need to react so brutally,” says Fernando’s customer Ricarda Rodriguez and accused the US of a to hard pace. “Tear gas against women and children, that’s not the point.”
Meanwhile, right by the border police from San Diego made the reference to be from the group of migrants with projectiles attacks. Videos in the social networks, in fact, as some of the migrants throwing stones in the direction of the border officials. The massive response also women and children who were further away, and pretty much the Vast frightened, searched met.
In the course of the next few days, the number of migrants in Tijuana could rise to 9,000.
The people in Tijuana concerned, especially the long hours of complete border closure and that these limitations could repeat. Entrepreneur Marcello Hinojosa complains: “The Locks mean a great economic loss for both sides. On the one hand, and commuting, might lose your Job. And a lot of tourists might be deterred to visit us.” In fact, the local enterprises also reported this weekend, a downturn in sales.
Tijuana, across the border block concerned
In the evening, the number of migrants in Tijuana, grew once again. A further group of 241 people, made up of Mexicali on the way in the direction of Tijuana, arrived at the temporary camp Benito Juarez. The camp is now overcrowded, in spite of the announcement of the city administration has not yet been built, no second bearing. The number of to the sports complex, the people have now increased to 5500. They should mainly come from Honduras. Another 3000 to 4000 people were still inside in the country. You are expected to arrive in the next few days in Tijuana. However, the city seems to be with her mayor, struck recently with xenophobic Statements in the direction of the migrants, overwhelmed. The Mexican border city wants to spend no money, but is waiting for Federal funds. The but are released only after the change of government to a greater extent.
On Sunday (25.11.) had tried several hundred migrants to storm the Mexican-American border fence
Tijuana is now facing an uncertain week: “never before have we seen such a vulnerable border”, – writes the newspaper “Frontera”. And more and more inhabitants of Tijuana are worried how long this condition will continue.