Mexico Nixes Map Plan, Says It Would Benefit Minutemen In Catching Illegal Aliens
"Mexico will suspend its plan to distribute maps to migrants wanting to cross the U.S. border illegally, but an official said Thursday the
decision was not made because of American pressure . . . Miguel Angel Paredes, spokesman for the federal Human Rights Commission, said the government wanted to 'rethink' its plan because human rights officials in border states expressed concern that the maps would show anti-immigrant groups -- like the Minutemen civilian patrols -- where migrants likely would gather," the AP reports. "'This would be practically like telling the Minutemen where the migrants are going to be,' Paredes said. 'We are going to rethink this, so that we wouldn't almost be handing them over to groups that attack migrants.'"
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