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Guatemala - The
United States has repatriated 9,758 illegal
Guatemalans so far this year, nearly 35
percent of all nationals deported in 2008,
it was reported here.
The report was published on the website of
the Guatemalan National General Migration
Office, according to which 8,516 men, 992
women and 250 minors have been repatriated
from the United States this year.
Statistics show that the number of illegal
Guatemalans deported this year accounts for
exactly 34.78 percent of 28,051 nationals
repatriated by US migration authorities in
2008.
The Foreign Ministry noted that 60 percent
of 1.2 million Guatemalans living in the
United States are illegal.
Officials from the Foreign Ministry have
urged Guatemalans not to travel illegally to
the United States, as controls on the
Mexican border are too strict.
In statements to the newspaper Prensa Libre,
Guatemalan Deputy Foreign Minister Miguel
Angel Ibarra described the technical methods
used by the border patrol to detect illegal
immigrants, including underground cameras,
infrared trackers, and movement, smell and
temperature detectors along the wall.
These elements have been strongly criticized
by authorities from Mexico and other
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