Migrants on the move in Mexico

Amnesty International, 2010, 44 pages

Every year, tens of thousands of people travel through Mexico without legal permission as irregular migrants. Most are Central Americans on their way to the US border, hoping for a new life far from the grinding poverty they have left behind.

Their journey is one of the most dangerous in the world. Criminal gangs target the main routes used by irregular migrants. Kidnapping, extortion, ill-treatment and sexual violence by these gangs are widespread.