ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 5, 2024 / 18:10 pm
Father Francisco Gallardo López, who heads migrant ministry for the Diocese of Matamoros located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, decried the fact that migrants are being kidnapped in the country’s north “on a constant basis.”
Mexican authorities reported Jan. 3 the rescue of 31 migrants who had been kidnapped the night of Dec. 30 as they were traveling aboard a truck on the highway that connects the cities of Monterrey and Matamoros on their way to the United States.
Matamoros is located in the northeastern corner of the country across the border from Brownsville, Texas.
In an interview with ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, Gallardo lamented that the practice of kidnapping migrants, far from being “an isolated event, has become a constant occurrence that seriously affects those seeking a better future.”