Harassment and expulsion: the story of 2 Cuban journalists 1:10
(CNN Spanish) --
The National Migration Institute (INM) announced this Friday that the two journalists of Cuban nationality who entered Mexico "irregularly" will not be deported from the country.
Héctor Valdés and Esteban Rodríguez, according to the statement published by the entity, "already have a visitor's card for humanitarian reasons issued by the INM."
The document adds that both Cubans submitted a refugee application to the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (Comar).
Cuban journalists abandon their refugee process and their location in El Salvador is unknown, immigration authorities report
Mexican immigration authorities clarified that on February 6 one of the Cubans was granted an "exit document" so that person could complete his refugee process in the state of Chiapas.
The second Cuban, by court order, remained until this Friday at the facilities of the Mexico City Immigration Station.
However, after requesting refuge in Mexico before Comar, he was issued a humanitarian visa to remain in the country while he carries out his immigration procedures in the capital.
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"Neither of the two will be deported to their country of origin and, on the contrary, in strict compliance with the Immigration Law and adherence to respect for their rights, the two journalists have the safeguard established by Mexican regulations," he stressed. official statement from the INM.
