17 Nov
2018
17 Nov
'18
11:13 a.m.
This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRCVpu0_UtM Jessie, recorded
whatsapp convo on video, so we could listen directly.
For about 8 hours were driven around, some in a perrera (caged pickup
truck),
3 % percent of battery charge.
They were detoured to Agua prieta when their destination was Tijuana.
They say that they are very scared because they don't know what they will
do with them.
Asylum Seeker reporting..via whatsapp. (I made it into a video for
publishing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvmqLSALxto
Next video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoR7z9-Xw5M
Asylum Seekers from bus asking local to let Human Rights know.
Other man says they all were forced out of the bus.
They are coming to work, they are not delinquents.
At the end a local woman who provide food and drinks to them says words of
support and at the end also says, "they are scared".
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 10:59 AM danarauz(a)gmail.com <danarauz(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
For about 8 hours were driven around, some in a
perrera (caged pickup
truck),
3 % percent of battery charge.
They were detoured to Agua prieta when their destination was Tijuana.
They say that they are very scared.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRCVpu0_UtM
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 10:45 AM danarauz(a)gmail.com <danarauz(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello all,
A really quick update. For more deets, please check:
https://asylumseekerscaravan.org.
As Jessie had mentioned in a couple occasions, things there with the
caravan can change from minute to minute. Well, the ticket from Mexico City
had to changed for Guadalajara, and I am leaving tonight 11:20pm.
One of the alerting things yesterday, is that a group of folks that went
ahead in two buses, not supported by us have to clarify this, were stopped
in Agua Prieta, Hermosillo. Based on a video taken by a local woman, a
WhatsApp audio convo from one of the asylum seekers, and a report from
Pueblo Sin Fronteras, two busses were stopped about 11pm on the night of
the 15th. A child and a woman were hurt but Mexican authorities when they
were forcefully were taken out the bus. They asylum seekers were scared
because they were not being taken to any oficial facility and were just
driven around for hours. The asylum seeker reporting at the time that
things were happening said her phone was very low in charge.
The Mexican authorities involved in this scary stop and arrest were the
Mexican Immigration, and Judicial Police. According to one of the asylum
seekers, at the moment of the arrest, middle of the night, some asylum
seekers escaped. But, as things were developing, the authorities realized
that they were getting themselves in a big trouble because there has been a
judicial order (Amparo 16-18) given by judge, Jonathan Bass Herrera from a
Court in Mexico City and notified to all authorities in the country, that
the busses should not be stopped and the asylum seekers be let pass.
Eventually all (about 60) were let go, some went to a refuge, and yesterday
at about 5am they continue their journey to Tijuana.
Also, as seen in the video, a child was with fever and the authorities
were told, but as woman says, the Mexican Immigration didn't care and
ignored them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=ED9QgsWs3JE
Thank you to all of you for your moral support, and for your donations.
To donate: https://rally.org/asylumseekerscaravan
Special thanks to Noisebridge <https://noisebridge.net> for directly
assisting me during my preparation for this trip.Thanks Silver, thanks
Steve, and others there. Solidarity!
Daniel