The Nogales, Arizona-based Kino Border Initiative (KBI) reported on a Mexican couple whose belongings and medicine were confiscated while in Border Patrol custody.
Humberto [Name changed to protect privacy] together with his wife fled corruption in southern Mexico to migrate to the US and reunite with their US citizen children. …Once they turned themselves in to Border Patrol, the agents took their belongings and threw away their suitcase with clothing and medicine and their wallets. They tried to ask for asylum, but US officials ignored them and expelled them back to Mexico the next day.
— “June 23 Update on Asylum, Border, and Deportations from KBI” (Nogales: Kino Border Initiative, June 23, 2022).
Sector(s): Tucson
Agency(ies): Border Patrol
Event Type(s): Confiscation of Documents, Non-Return of Belongings
Last Known Accountability Status: Unknown
Victim Classification: Married Adults, Mexico
The Kino Border Initiative (KBI) reported about a Mexican husband and wife who turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents near Nogales, Arizona. “The agents took their belongings and threw away their suitcase with clothing and medicine and their wallets. They tried to ask for asylum, but US officials ignored them and expelled them back to Mexico the next day.”
— “June 9 Update from KBI” (Nogales: Kino Border Initiative, June 9, 2022).
Sector(s): Tucson
Agency(ies): Border Patrol
Event Type(s): Non-Return of Belongings
Last Known Accountability Status: Unknown
Victim Classification: Married Adults, Mexico
