Hundreds of Haitian and African migrants rebel at Mexico’s biggest detention facility
Hundreds of African and Haitian migrants rioted on Tuesday and tried to escape from a temporary immigrationshelter in southern Mexico.
Guards and police officers at the facility, the largest migrant center in Mexico, stopped the inmates as they attempted to flee.
This was the third migrant uprising in a month at the Feria Mesoamericana shelter, which is located in Tapachula, a city in the state of Chiapas.
Trouble ignited when migrants requested food, medical attention and help with their processing that would allow the to leave the facility.
'My son has been sick for a lot of days. I have suffered a lot,' a woman wailed in Spanish as she peeked through the bottom of a gate in front of a group of reporters assembled outside the shelter.
'They haven't given us a bit of food. There is no drinkable water. Help, help me with my son. He is sick. I have two sons, a five-year-old and a [14]-month-old. ... Help me please. My son is dying.'