Stephanie Leutert, Director of the Strauss Center’s Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), was quoted in a Reuters article on mass migrant kidnappings occurring in Mexico before attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
“This kidnapping and others show the risks that migrants face in Mexico and all the different groups trying to make money off of them.”
Stephanie Leutert, December 14, 2022
Read the article here.
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