Mexico Sends Diplomatic Note to the U.S. to Prevent Deportation of Mexicans to Guantanamo

• Mexico sends diplomatic note to the U.S.
• Request concerning deportations.
• Claudia Sheinbaum breaks the silence.

The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, revealed on Tuesday that she sent a diplomatic note to the United States Government.

This was to request that no Mexican be deported to the Guantanamo military base, as announced by President Donald Trump upon taking office.

The Mexican leader unveiled, during her morning press conference, that as soon as Trump announced the decision to send undocumented migrants to Guantanamo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) sent a diplomatic note that same day.

«Normally these notes are private, but it is worth mentioning now, to state that no Mexican should be sent anywhere other than to Mexico,» she mentioned.

Decision to send undocumented migrants to Guantanamo

«They responded to the diplomatic note stating that as long as Mexico accepted the repatriated individuals, they would return to Mexico,» the president asserted.

The president made these statements following the controversy that arose on Sunday.

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This occurred when the first group of more than 200 Venezuelans, accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang, arrived in El Salvador.

They were imprisoned without trial in El Salvador at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a mega-prison for gangs.

Therefore, she said, there is «certainty» that Mexicans deported from the United States will be repatriated to Mexico.

The Mexican leader also referred to Trump’s decision to expand the detention center for migrants at Guantanamo, to increase its capacity to 30,000 people.

The U.S. government assured that the Guantanamo center was intended for migrants with criminal records or linked to gangs like the Tren de Aragua.

However, the Executive began transferring migrants to the base in February in an operation marked by secrecy, without revealing the identities of most detainees or the crimes they were allegedly accused of.

Since Trump took office on January 20, the United States has deported 24,413 people to Mexico.

Of these, 19,846 were Mexican and 4,567 were foreigners, according to data from the Mexican government.

For deported Mexicans who arrive, the Mexican Government grants them the ‘Tarjeta Bienestar Paisano’ with 2,000 Mexican pesos (about 100 dollars).

As well as support for job searching, while it offers foreigners assistance to manage their regularization or return to their country, noted ‘EFE’.

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