Guatemala and the United States examine the reunification of migrants

Risch arrived in this capital the day before to deal with issues related to the reunification of children with their families, following the establishment by the Washington government of the policy of zero tolerance to contain According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting also discussed the status of a regional campaign to prevent irregular migration, the authorization to open new consulates in the United States and notification of these processes . meeting of parents and children still in March.

At a press conference yesterday, the Risch reiterated the request to Guatemalans not to emigrate illegally to their country, to avoid deportation, a warning from Vice President Mike Pence on June 28 .

"The fact that I am here is in an effort to make people understand the danger of traveling irregularly to the United States. "explained the official, while calling on Guatemalans to apply for the corresponding visa and thereby avoid the risks.

Risch arrived in Guatemala from other countries that make up the North Triangle of Central America (El Salvador and Honduras) and just as the term given by a judge to the US government to return his parents to 2,500 separated children at the border with Mexico was over.

Prosecutors at the Justice Ministry yesterday reported that they had reached the figure of 820, but the uncertainty remains about hundreds of others whose future has not been resolved.

This is the sixth emissary of the Donald Trump administration who visits the land of Quetzal until now this year, and the fourth in just one month.

Nikki Haley, Permanent Ambbadador of the United States to the United Nations, was on February 28, when she met President Jimmy Morales and Iván Velásquez, head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala

Faced with the upsurge of the crisis due to the separation of families, Pence met with the presidents of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Secretary of National Security Kirstjen Nielsen attended a meeting with the foreign ministers of Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras.

Agreements have been established to follow joint strategies on migration and regional security. today they are working among the five countries to try to reduce migratory flows.

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