Mexico: Fear for safety/Legal concern: Residents of the town of Rafael Lara Grajales, Puebla state

Mexico: Fear for safety/Legal concern: Residents of the town of Rafael Lara Grajales, Puebla state

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Index Number: AMR 41/053/2008
Date Published: 24 October 2008
Categories: Mexico

Residents of the town of Rafael Lara Grajales, in the central state of Puebla, gave assistance to a group of Central American migrants escaping from a gang holding them for ransom. The migrants told them that the gang were working with Rafael Lara Grajales municipal police officers. Residents may now face reprisals.