Some 500 Hondurans emigrate daily to the US
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El Sol de Mexico (Mexico City) 7/2/10
Penalties to increase for human smuggling
Mexico City – Mexico will begin to impose greater prison terms and fines for human traffickers. Federal officials announced that human trafficking will now carry penalties of 8 to 16 years in prison and fines of minimum 15,000 days’ salary. Up to now, the penalties were 6 to 12 years and 10,000 days’ salary. The new minimum fine translates to some $64,000. The penalties increase by 50% if it involves trafficking minors. The modifications in the law also now permits the authorities to instigate their own investigations. Previously, it required a citizen report of trafficking. Most of the human trafficking encountered in Mexico are those being transported through the country to enter the US. This not only includes foreigners, but Mexican citizens as well. [Ed. note: The “daily wage” fines are apparently based on Mexico’s minimum daily wage.]
El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) 7/2/10
Some 500 Hondurans emigrate daily to the US
San Pedro Sula, Honduras – At least 500 Hondurans leave daily for the US to seek “the American dream,” according to the regional human rights commission. The commissioner of the organization said that monthly, about 15,000 leave the country in search of jobs in the US. However, most of them are deported back, he added.
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Some 20,000 Hondurans have left Arizona
Tegucigalpa, Honduras – Some 20,000 Hondurans have left Arizona due to the threat of SB 1070. The Honduran government has sent authorities to the state to lend assistance to their people. The Hondurans are seeking refuge in neighboring states like California and Texas, although they prefer California. This is due to two things. Some Texas counties are seeking to implement laws similar to Arizona’s “which violate the rights of the migrants,” while California is a state that is boycotting some of Arizona’s commercial and economic activities in protest to the law.