Mexico returns to 110 Hondurans of the migrant caravan

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(CNN Spanish) - Mexico began Tuesday to return migrants from Honduras who belong to the caravan that seeks to reach the United States.

The National Institute of Migration (INM) of Mexico reported through a statement that began the "assisted returns" of 110 people from Honduras, "who entered the country undocumented in recent days."

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The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs also confirmed that these migrants are part of the caravan. The statement quoting the Vice Chancellor for Consular and Migratory Affairs, Nelly Jerez, added that between Wednesday and Friday of this week the Mexican authorities will also send daily buses with approximately 500 Hondurans who were part of the caravan and were held at the border of Mexico with Guatemala "for not complying with immigration requirements," according to Jerez.

The INM report specifies that at 8:43 am local a National Guard (GN) aircraft left from the Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport, located in Villahermosa, Tabasco, bound for San Pedro Sula with 110 Honduran people as well as Agents Migration Federals and elements of the GN.

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"The air return, the first of several planned, was carried out in strict adherence to respect for human rights, in agreement with the Honduran government authorities and in compliance with the current immigration rules and procedures," the statement said.

“The Government of Mexico reaffirms its commitment to maintain a safe, orderly and regular migration, in compliance with the Migration Law and its regulations, and with full respect for its human rights,” adds the communication from the Mexican government.

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