At the end of August, there was fierce fightings between Central African migrants and the National Guard in the southern city of Mexico, Tapachula, near the border with Guatemala.
Thousands of refugees from the Congo, Angola, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Togo and other countries are currently being held captive by Mexican seed in a camp in the Mexican city of Tapachula, preventing them from traveling north to the United States. Mexico is thus responding to US demand for a "migration stop" to the home of the peoples' main enemy.
On August 30, thousands of National Guardsmen were transferred to the Guatemalan border to militarily secure the border against migration. And the migrants already "living" in Mexico are not allowed to move freely and are concentrated in camps and end up with an uncertain existence. In response, the inmates of the Tapachula camp founded the Association of African Migrants and also annouced in a press release stating that they are fleeing of the effects of imperialism and calling for an end to their oppression and freedom of movemen. Inside the camp, there are repeated physical attacks by the guards, lawyers and interpreters are denied and the migrants are forced to sign documents that they can not read. Also, there is too less and very bad food and less to no medical care, so that diseases spread quickly, which is particularly dangerous for children, the weak and pregnant women.
In response to the tense atmosphere in the camp, the Mexican state blocked all access and sourounded the grounds with the National Guard. However, the people did not offer this aggression and under the leadership of the Association of African Migrants, the fight sparked against state power. For several days, the internees tried to break the barriers and police chains and made great resistance to the repressive organs of the state
