Tapachula Went From the Migration Crisis to Economic Collapse

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Since Donald Trump announced the closure of the border with the United States and mass deportations of migrants, at the beginning of his second presidential term, on January 20, this year, a fatal expectation was generated for cities such as Tapachula dependent on remittances and the consumption of thousands of foreigners who at that point started caravans to the north. In only six months, Tapachula, the main border city of Chiapas, went from th…

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The city receives constant pressure from 15 municipalities and 27 nationalities CARLOS RUIZ/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ The constant increase in the migratory flow on the southern border has put Tapachula on the verge of a collapse in its infrastructure and public services, warned the president of the National Chamber of Commerce (Canaco), Jorge Zúñiga Rodríguez. The city, with capacity designed for 500,000 inhabitants, now faces the demand …