Mexican Navy Identifies Four Foreigners Without Legal Status at Yucatán Checkpoints

Halachó, Yucatán — Mexican Navy (Semar) personnel identified four foreign nationals who could not prove they were in Mexico legally during four interagency operations at checkpoints in Halachó, Maxcanú and Teya, Yucatán, officials said.

The identifications came during inspections of passenger buses and private vehicles, with federal and state authorities taking part while the Navy provided perimeter security at the inspection points, the Ninth Naval Zone said.

At the Halachó agricultural inspection station, personnel carried out a humanitarian rescue of two women, ages 23 and 25, during the inspection of two passenger buses. The first bus was traveling from Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, to Mérida; the second had left Villahermosa, Tabasco, also bound for the Yucatán state capital.

At the Maxcanú and Teya checkpoints, officers identified two men, ages 30 and 24, who were traveling in a private vehicle and who likewise could not show proof of legal stay in Mexico.

Personnel from the National Migration Institute (INM) took the four people to its facilities in Mérida, where the corresponding administrative procedures are being carried out.