MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – According to La Nacion, the group of 184 people, including at least 70 minors, traveled to El Salvador, from where it continued by land to the border between Guatemala and Mexico.
About 8,000 Cubans have been forced to stay in Costa Rica since mid-November, because Nicaraguan authorities refused to let the migrants cross their state. In addition, Ecuador started demanding visas for Cubans starting from December 1.
In January, as part of a regional agreement, the first group of 180 of the 8,000 Cuban migrants, flew to El Salvador and then travelled by bus to Mexico through Guatemala.
The number of Cubans arriving to the United States increased sharply in 2015, after US President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro announced plans of normalizing relations between their countries.
Cubans who have reached US shores or borders are allowed to stay and work legally in the United States and to apply for green cards under the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act. Cubans fear that the special status could be revoked with the normalization of ties with the United States.