Nearly 2,300 Mexican nationals deported from the United States had been sent to Guatemala before being transferred to Mexico, Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo said on Aug. 19.
Speaking in a news conference, Arevalo said his country received 2,284 Mexican deportees from the United States this year, who were subsequently repatriated.
“They are arriving on planes carrying Guatemalan returnees, and what we have done is bring them in transit so that, in coordination with Mexican immigration authorities, we can return them to Mexican territory within 24 hours of their arrival in the country,” he said.
He said the costs of the operation were covered by either the Mexican or U.S. government….