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/001W ------------------FBB7B1 251603Z /38251544Z AUG 07 RELEASED IN PARTMEXICO

SECSTATE WASHDC 8583 136ALL US CONSULATES IN MEXICO COLLECTIVE

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12958: N/APREF, PHUM, SMIG, KWMN, KCRM, MX, KFRD, ELABRR SHUTDOWN SLOWS BUT DOESN'T STOP CENTRAL

HEADED NORTHIna conversationwthPoloff on August 22,cials from theNationalMgrationInstitue (INM)orted that most of thethousandsof undocumented Centralmgrantsleftstrandedwhen two railfreight rouessouhernMexico tocentral Mexico closeddown lateJuydispersed inthe past two weeks. Migrants had groupedongtheMexico-Guatemala border inChiapas for nearlythree

when what had been a popuar and inexpensiverouerth toward theU.S. closedunexpectedly The INM hasortedover a thousand and saidhundreds more eithertoGuatemala voluntarily or moved further north.summary

OF THE PROBLEMS

On Juy29, Connecticu-basedGenesee Wyoming Inc.ledou ofits30-yearoperatingconcessionwththeGOM,tingthehighcost of repairingand maintainingtracks thatheavilydamaged by hurricaneStan in2005. One of C&W'seight roueranfrom thesouhernborder town of TapachulaSalina Cruz inthe stateof Oaxaca; the other arced fromintheYucatan through thesmall Chiapas community oftoPajaritos inTabasco state. For years, thousands

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DECONTROLLED/UNCLASSIFIEDundocumented mgrants, seekingtoenter theU.S.ally, have hopped trainsalongbothroues. Furtherrth mgrants thenswtchedtofreights on Mexicosmainrth-.souhrail line, or found other clandestinemeans toittostagingareas innorthernborder statesof

and Nuevo Leon from which theymade their finalacross theborder. When Genese and Wyoming closedbothroueslastmonth, INM estimates that between 2500 andmgrantswere lefttemporarilystrandedinnear theall community of Tepisoque inChiapas. (Media, however,ortedcloseto7000 strandedmgrants.at one point. Anratecount wll probablynotbeforthcomng.)The majority of undocumented mgrants come from Guatemala,

E1 Salvador, and Ncaragua. According to INM, theof illegalmigrants transitingsouthern Mexico hadincreasingduringthecourseof thisyear. (Comment:toldpoloff that ithad deported 182,705 Central American

2006, 46.3 were from Guatemala, 31.7 fromnduras, 14.9 E1 Salvador, and 2.0 from Nicaragua. It didtprovidestatistics supportingitsclaimthat thenumbers

increasing.)ituationStabilizes, According to INM, CNDH

(SBU) On August 22, Poloff met with attodiscuss Central American mgrationissues.saidthat 1,361 of the stranded migrants had beenported, and estimated that an unknown but significantofCentral Americans returnedtotheircountriesoluntarily. (Note: Mexican immgrationofficialsdo notmgrants who voluntarilyreturntotheircountries.)

acknowledged, however, man mi rantshad left the area onheaded north. toldPoloff thatievedremainingconcen ra ionsofCentral Americats numbered in the100sat thispoint.

While Mexican media reportedthat elementsof theMexicanhad been deployedtoclear camps-near Tenosique inearly

(and citedallegations that troopsbeat and robbedINM denied that federal forces had been used toisperse themgrants. Itdidsay that a BetaGroup had beeneployedtoinformmgrants that thefreight servicehad been

and that no more trainswould be coming. INM alsothroughMexican consuates inGuatemala toinformelers of the change. Media alsoreported thatmanyts had been beatenand robbed duringtheir stayalong

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DECONTROLLED/UNCLASSIFIEDeborder. The sem-independentNational Human RghtsoLssions (CNDH) Tabasco director toldmedia on August 16was investigatingsuch allegations. Poloff spoke wthrepresentativesinMexico Ctywho confirmedtheganizationhad receivedreportsofabuses, bu saidtheyltthesituationin theregionhad stabilized. INMresentativesacknowledged that they too had receivedortsofabuses and saidthat ingeneralmgrantsarenerable targetsof random violencewhile lookingforuesnorth.

Comment: CosureoftheChiapas-Mayab trainroue inMexico may have deniedmgrants a convenient rouetravel north, however evidence todate suggests this

has not produced a significant drop inmigrantinsteadmigrants are mostly seeking out alternateues. CEP figures indicatethat few have been deterredbymore arduous trek The number of August apprehensionsOther thanMexicans (mainly Centrals) alongthe

border has increased17 this year. End comment.sit Mexico Ctys CassifiedWeb Siteattp://wwwstate.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexcocityand theNorth AmericanartnershipBlog at http://wwwintelinkgov/communities/state/nap/

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