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wr|ter| 0|r|st|re l»ars
l|oto ld|tors | Var| lde|sor
ard lete 0ross
Stor] ld|tor | b||| 0reer
Researc| | Ve|ar|e Vera
0es|grer | ||co|e bogdas
0op] ld|tor | Vargaret VcKert|e
J2
train jumpin,:
A DESPEBATE |ULBNEY
Hundreds of
thousands eross the
¯33-mile
lorder
that separates Hexieo
from Cuatemala
and Belize eaeh year.
They are le,innin, a
J,300-mile
odyssey
to the Lnited States.
Last year, Hexiean
immi,ration deported
232,J3¯
unauthorized
mi,rants,
mostly from
Lentral Ameriea.
Sinee 2000, the
numler of
unauthorized
Lentral Ameriean
mi,rants in the L.S.
has inereased
3ô´ to
J.! million.
Beeords from
Crupo Beta show
22,332
mi,rants
reseued
3,9J9
mi,rants
injured
2¯9
mi,rants
mutilated
letween |anuary
2002 and Au,ust 200ô.
Sources: lrst|tuto |ac|ora| de V|grac|or, 0lA wor|d
lactboo|, leW h|spar|c 0erter, 0epartrert of hore|ard
Secur|t] 0ff|ce of lrr|grat|or Stat|st|cs.
Vore t|ar a |urdred r|grarts c||rg to a
fre|g|t tra|r barre||rg rort| t|roug| sout|err
Ve\|co. I||s Septerber scere p|a]s |tse|f out
e»er] da] as t|e e\odus cort|rues.
LHIAPAS, HEXILU
train jumpin, A DESPEBATE |ULBNEY
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SuN0AY, N0V. 12, 2000