Health Politics Country 2025-11-04T22:07:07+00:00

Specialist Urges Mexico to Protect Citizens from Border Deaths

A UNAM professor warns of rising Mexican deaths due to U.S. migrant detention policies, citing overcrowding, lack of medical care, and family separation. He urges the Mexican government to act now to protect its citizens.


The specialist urged the Mexican government to establish concrete protocols to protect its citizens and prevent these avoidable deaths. Tonatiuh Guillén, a researcher at the UNAM's University Program for Development Studies, warned that the migrant detention policies of the ICE are causing an increase in deaths, especially among Mexicans, due to overcrowding, lack of medical care, and family separation.