MEXICO ARRESTING ILLEGALS ACTIVISTS, ENEMIES OF AMERICA
tucson.com
Migrant shelter operator, key figure in border-aid trial, arrested in Mexico
Stephanie Casanova
3-4 minutes
The founder of a migrant shelter in Sonoyta, Mexico, and a key but absent figure in the trial of No More Deaths volunteer Scott Warren, was arrested Wednesday in Mexico, his colleagues say.
A post on Pueblo Sin Fronteras’ Facebook page said Irineo Mujica was arrested around 2:30 p.m. in Sonoyta, Sonora. It is unclear what Mujica was arrested for.
Mujica is director of the migrant support group Pueblo Sin Fronteras. The group also tweeted and retweeted several confirmations of Mujica’s arrest.
The group's social media posts also indicated Cristobal Sanchez, another Mexican who provides aid to migrants, was arrested in Mexico City on Wednesday.
azcentral.com
Phoenix-based activist and migrant caravan organizer arrested in Mexico
Rafael Carranza, Arizona Republic
4-5 minutes
Published 7:34 p.m. MT June 5, 2019 | Updated 8:13 a.m. MT June 6, 2019
Irineo Mujica, an activist who coordinates migrant caravans, discusses the situation of migrants fleeing violence and economic hardships. Nick Oza, The Republic | azcentral.com
TUCSON — Mexican authorities once again arrested a Phoenix-based migrant rights activist on Wednesday along the Arizona-Mexico border, according to his family and migrant rights groups.
Officers arrested Irineo Mujica on Wednesday afternoon in the border city of Sonoyta, located across from Lukeville in southwestern Arizona. He helps run a migrant shelter in that city.
It's his second arrest in Mexico this year.
Mujica gained notoriety in 2018 as an organizer with Pueblos Sin Fronteras. The group helped several large caravans of mostly Central American migrants travel across Mexico to Tijuana. |
