Release of 13 Cubans kidnapped in Tamaulipas after paying US $ 1,350

A group of Cuban migrants kidnapped in Reynosa, Tamaulipas State, reportedly paid $ 1,350 apiece to be released.

According to the report of L & # 39; s universal, a family member of one of the victims, who requested anonymity, said that The Cubans were deprived of liberty for 8 days in different houses to avoid being found by the police.

He also said the kidnappers had recorded a video of migrants crossing the Rio Bravo., as proof that they had already been released, after paying the ransom.

"My brother is fine and I guess he's already in US territory because of what I've seen in a video, I only hope that they have already surrendered to the US authorities to seek refuge", said a familiar to the newspaper.

According to the interviewee, they know that they have treated the 13 Cubans kidnappedThey were neither tied nor handcuffed and their captors fed them.

Last Thursday, it was reported that 4 Cuban migrants were deprived of their liberty on their arrival at Reynosa airport.

According to one of his relatives, the Cuban 4 they took a taxi from where they would have been taken and handed over to organized crime.

At the shelter where they were taken there were 9 other people, also of Cuban nationality who sought to reach the United States.

Once in detention, the kidnappers forced the migrants to call their relatives to tell them that they had been kidnapped and to ask for a ransom of $ 1,350otherwise they would be killed.

Since the beginning of this year, the flow of migrants from Cuba to Tapachula has increased, Chiapas

Cubans rthey carry out the procedure to be able to transit legally through the Mexican territory in the offices of migration, and therefore be able to go to the border with the United States to apply for asylum.

Recently, islanders have denounced acts of corruption by lawyers and law enforcement officials that allow them to travel legally through Mexico.since he's said that they are charged between $ 300 and $ 900 to speed up the process.

The delay in issuing the document, which is free and currently takes up to 20 days, It is originally that Cuban migrants broke into the Immigration Regulation Office last Friday, leaving an injured officer in balance.

Faced with this situation, the National Institute of Migration (MNI) brought 72 Cubans to the offices of Acayucan, Veracruz to break down the number of procedures.

Currently, approximately 400 Cuban migrants are living in a camp outside the Chiapas Human Rights Commission., hoping that tomorrow they will receive an answer concerning the acceleration of their departure and will avoid being expelled to their country of origin.