12,000 Undocumented Children Caught In Mexico Trying To Cross U.S. Border

The Mexican National Immigration Institute (INE in Spanish) has informed that 11,893 underage migrants have been detained between January and May 2015. At least half of them were traveling alone or with a smuggler. The Press release revealed that Mexico deported over 49% of the minors in the first months of 2015. Mexican officials say that two-thirds of the juveniles were between 12 to 17 years old, while one third were 11 years old or younger. The INE announced that it was taking care of the increased number of children through the country’s child welfare agencies before they were deported. This comes after last year's scandal with the child migrant crisis, where accusations of inadequate facilities to handle all the minors in custody rose, while thousands of minors were being caught trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border...more