Caracas, April 13 (EFE) – Venezuelan NGO Fundaredes on Wednesday condemned migrants as “simple prey” for human trafficking on the border between the Caribbean and Colombia, where they are victims of various forms of violence, he said.
“Hiring, exploitation, human trafficking, modern-day slavery, prostitution and extortion are some of the violent situations that Venezuelan migrants face at the Colombia-Venezuelan border (…) by human traffickers,” he said. NGO in its letter. The latest report on migration.
The report, entitled “The Coyote Figure Re-Invented to Catch Migrants on the Colombia-Venezuela Border,” concluded that most young men and women “could join armed groups such as the National.” The Liberation Army (ELN), the FARC dissidents, the Bolivarian Liberation Front, and even the Aragua train (Venezuela criminal gang).
Fundaredes added that with the growing number of women crossing the border with their children and families, a new irregular presence of “coyotes” (human traffickers) has emerged at the border, posing “great and serious risks”. For migrants.
This “coyote” figure, he said, known on the border between Mexico and the United States, has his “version” on the border with Colombia of Tachira and Apur, offering “his services to the relocation of migrants to their country of origin.” Destination”.
The organization explained that the Apure-Arauca border corridor is one of the main migration routes, even though from 2021 until this year it was the site of clashes between various guerrilla groups and the Venezuelan army.
“It is also one of the most dangerous because of the armed conflict, the fact that it is used by these organizations to catch people who fall into the hands of networks of trafficking, exploitation and slavery,” he said.
The NGO added that the “desperation” of families “escaped” the crisis, contributing to the “spread of criminal organizations dedicated to human trafficking, child trafficking, sexual exploitation, modern slavery and labor exploitation.”
He called on the Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office to investigate violations of the rights of “forced” migrants, as well as disappearances, extortion and human trafficking. EFE
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Source: El Diario
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