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MEXICO CITY — Mexico and Honduras announced Wednesday that they have agreed to create a high-level group to combat attacks on undocumented Honduran migrants who are passing through the country en route to the U.S.
Honduran Assistant Foreign Minister Alden Rivera said an estimated 10,000 of the 75,000 Hondurans who cross Mexico each year in attempts to reach the U.S. are kidnapped or held for extortion.
Rivera said the group will include officials of both countries and will focus on informing migrants about the risks they face and how to report such crimes. The focus also will be on better investigating the crimes, which often are committed by drug gangs.
