Mexican police raided a migrant camp in the north of the country

According to Mehr news agency, quoted by Reuters news agency, migrants in Mexico responded to an attack by the country's police with the aim of clearing the camp in chihu Aha(Chihuahua) in the north of this country; They burned the mattresses.

The police operation, which mainly targeted Venezuelan immigrants, was part of Mexico's efforts ahead of the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Chosen America is

Based on This report, immigrants in a Camp in the city chihuahua In northern Mexico, to avoid arrest in the early hours of Saturday, blankets and Mattresses They set themselves on fire.

The police operation, which took place just days before Trump's inauguration, is part of a massive effort by the Mexican government to clean up this Camp and preventing immigrants from trying to reach the American border.

In this operation, where about 250 Mexican National Guard troops with anti-riot equipment were present, as soon as the police forces approached the camp, the immigrants started setting fire to the property. they did And meanwhile, they tried to take their children and other personal belongings.

Based on According to this report, the fire was extinguished in less than an hour and no one was injured or killed.

An unnamed immigration official, who asked not to be named, said: The purpose of this police operation was to move migrants to southern Mexico, where people who are deported from the United States will be given notices to return home.

It is not yet clear how many people were arrested or taken to police custody in this operation.

Many of the immigrants in this camp were Venezuelan families who were moving north to the US border.

Based on This report, Daniel Barrios Daniel Barrios One of these Venezuelan migrants, who was shocked by the sudden presence of the police and military, said: “They surrounded the camp and said they were just checking, but there is no reason for the police to come here with such a large force in the middle of the night.”

As tensions escalated, several families were seen fleeing the camp, clearly frightened and in a hurry, the report added.

The attack is part of a broader effort to crack down on immigration in Mexico, which has intensified in response to pressure from the Trump administration.