NGOs working closely with migrants on Mexico’s southern border are warning the public that three in 10 migrants arriving from Central America have syphilis and other types of sexually transmitted diseases.
This was made clear this week when the Street Brigade Supporting Women Elisa Martinez conducted free tests in Tapachula, Chiapas. This Mexican city borders Guatemala and is the main way most migrants enter Guatemala from the south.
According to a statement by Cristian Gómez Fuentes, the NGO’s spokesperson for the Mexican government: EFE According to the news agency, they noticed a dramatic increase in the rate of positive syphilis tests, primarily among Cuban citizens. Although this trend is considered problematic, the organization notes that it has not yet seen an increase in HIV infections. As part of their work, NGOs promote safe sex practices and encourage migrants to regularly test themselves and their partners.
The issue comes as the southern state of Chiapas continues to be a political hotspot as thousands of migrants continue to arrive each day to head north toward the U.S. border. As Breitbart Texas reported, the Mexican government is using the immigration debate as a way to negotiate with the U.S. government for additional funding and aid in exchange for slowing the flow of migrants. But Mexican immigration officials widely demand bribes from migrants in exchange for expedited travel documents or the sale of other documents. As reported by Breitbart Texas, Mexican immigration officials routinely work with the drug cartels that control the border, and can extort migrants by threatening to hand them over to the cartel’s armed groups and collect travel expenses. can.
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