U.S. deportations send Mexicans to Guatemala, stranding them far from home
At least 2,200 Mexicans have been sent to Guatemala this year, forcing costly multiday bus journeys home through unfamiliar territory.
By Georgina Pease | Edited by Ricardo Sandoval and Alfredo Corchado
TAPACHULA, Chiapas — Just days after United States immigration agents detained Daniel Ramirez last month near his home in Brownsville, the 30-year-old Texas resident found himself shackled to a thinly cushioned seat on a deportation flight with other Mexican nationals. He listened to the preflight safety instructions with some skepticism.