Central America

Central America refers to the region located in the southern part of North America that includes seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Central America is known for its rich cultural heritage, natural beauty, and biodiversity. However, the region also faces significant challenges, including poverty, inequality, violence, and political instability. These challenges have contributed to high levels of migration from Central America to other parts of the world, including the United States.

 

Mr. Boring and the million-dollar human trafficking business in Texas – EL PAÍS USA
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Mr. Boring and the million-dollar human trafficking business in Texas – EL PAÍS USA

Anthony Boring turned pale when the border patrol stopped his trailer. He was so nervous he could barely speak. With each question, Mr. Boring shrunk further back in the driver’s seat. “What’s the cargo?” one officer asked. “I don’t know,” he stammered, keeping the vehicle inching forwards in the hope that he would be able…

World Insights: Human trafficking, forced labor feed modern slavery in U.S. – Xinhua
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World Insights: Human trafficking, forced labor feed modern slavery in U.S. – Xinhua

Migrants wait outside a shelter near the Mexico-U.S. border in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei) A recent investigation by the Mexican daily Milenio, which looked into U.S. court documents, revealed the criminal organization sold 30 workers for 21,000 dollars, “as if they were cattle.” MEXICO CITY, July 9 (Xinhua) — Mexican-born Flor…

The 53 migrants who died in Texas included this college-educated Honduran couple
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The 53 migrants who died in Texas included this college-educated Honduran couple

MEXICO CITY — Alejandro Miguel Andino Caballero had almost completed his university studies in marketing. His fiancee, Margie Támara Paz Grajeda, had earned a degree in economics. Both viewed education as a means to launch careers and surmount humble origins in Honduras, where endemic poverty, crime and corruption have long choked off avenues of social…

Opinion | The migrant tragedy in Texas is the result of a broken system – The Washington Post
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Opinion | The migrant tragedy in Texas is the result of a broken system – The Washington Post

Enrique Acevedo is a Mexican American journalist who works as a correspondent for CBS News and a contributor for “El Tiempo Latino.” On May 14, 2003, a group of 73 migrants was found near Victoria, Texas, locked in a trailer without water, food or air conditioning. Nineteen people lost their lives, including a 5-year-old boy…

IOM Director General's Executive Office | International Organization for Migration
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IOM Director General's Executive Office | International Organization for Migration

The Department of External Relations is responsible for supporting and coordinating the Organization’s relations with its Member States, intergovernmental organizations and civil society. The Department leads and coordinates IOM’s external engagements, including IOM’s support for global and regional consultative processes. The Department coordinates the Organization’s participation in multilateral mechanisms, conferences and processes and follow-up to…

Honduran Migrants and the San Francisco Drug Trade – Center for Immigration Studies
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Honduran Migrants and the San Francisco Drug Trade – Center for Immigration Studies

San Francisco’s former DA tried to use ‘sanctuary’ laws to justify sanctuary for criminals in general By Andrew R. Arthur on June 21, 2022 I recently explained that then-San Francisco District Attorney (DA) Chesa Boudin (D) was refusing to prosecute Honduran national drug dealers in his city on trafficking charges to prevent their removal. RealClear Investigations (RCI) did a deep-dive…

Bangladesh and Costa Rica cooperate against migrant smuggling and human trafficking
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Bangladesh and Costa Rica cooperate against migrant smuggling and human trafficking

Vienna (Austria), 25 March 2022 – Globally, many migrants experience violence, exploitation, and abuse during and after their migratory journey. As elsewhere, smuggled migrants and people on the move in vulnerable situations face significant dangers and threats while transiting across borders in Central America or the Caribbean, trying to reach their final destination – the…

3 men sentenced in Georgia forced farm labor investigation
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3 men sentenced in Georgia forced farm labor investigation

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Three men have been sentenced to federal prison as part of a broad investigation into what authorities said was a wide-ranging conspiracy to bring workers from Central America to the United States for forced labor on south Georgia farms. The three men were charged in separate but related cases related to…

UNODC Unites Continents to Combat Migrant Smuggling
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UNODC Unites Continents to Combat Migrant Smuggling

Dubai, 1 April 2022. Every year, criminal networks smuggle thousands of migrants using long and dangerous transcontinental routes. Migrants from South Asia are smuggled into Gulf and West African countries, which are often used as “transit hubs”, before reaching South America or the Mediterranean shores. From South America, criminals use various routes through Central America…

Costa Rica and Bangladesh cooperate against migrant smuggling and human trafficking between Asia and America
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Costa Rica and Bangladesh cooperate against migrant smuggling and human trafficking between Asia and America

Vienna (Austria), 25 March 2022 – Globally, many migrants experience violence, exploitation, and abuse during and after their migratory journey. As elsewhere, smuggled migrants and people on the move in vulnerable situations face significant dangers and threats while transiting across borders in Central America or the Caribbean, trying to reach their final destination – the…