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The U.S. isn't the only country struggling with migrants from Central America. Mexico's president recently announced plans to crack down on the illegal flow of people into his country. He wants to strengthen security along Mexico's southern border with Guatemala. That has human rights advocates worried. They say the country's immigration service is already strained and has a reputation for abuse. NPR's Carrie Kahn has this story about several migrants who claim they were abused. And a warning - some details in this story may be upsetting to listeners.

CARRIE KAHN, BYLINE²: Nicaraguan Elvis Ariel Lorio moved to Mexico four years ago. He says, last year, he couldn't pay his visa fee, and it expired. Immigration officials came looking for him at his job in Mexico City.

ELVIS ARIEL LORIO: (Through translator) The officer grabbed me by the neck. He squeezed me hard and really hurt me. I said to him, sir, with all due respect, please don't treat me that way. That's not even how a dog should be treated.

KAHN: Lorio spoke³ to me by phone. He's currently staying with a priest who helps migrants in southern Mexico.

LORIO: (Spanish spoken).

KAHN: He says, the officer struck in the chest, put him in a squad⁴ car and took him to Mexico City's immigrant detention⁵ facility, the largest in the country. Lorio says, he was strip-searched, struck several more times and detained with MS-13 gang members. Lorio says, he repeatedly stood up to officers, condemned⁶ conditions and treatment and demanded to speak with a Nicaraguan Council representative. Soon after, he got a chilling threat.

LORIO: (Through translator) One day, as I was taken back to my cell, an officer said to me, Elvis, remember what I'm telling you. It's either your silence or your life.

KAHN: Two days later, Lorio says, hooded⁷ officers removed immigrants for his cellblock and lined them up. He says, he was taken to a room, forced to strip, perform demeaning exercises and eventually restrained and raped⁸. Two days later, he was deported⁹ back to Nicaragua. He says, he returned to Mexico to seek justice and has filed a formal complaint.

NPR was unable to obtain a copy of the complaint from Mexican officials. The priest helping¹⁰ him declined to provide a copy, saying only that the case was very delicate. And it's difficult to confirm Lorio story. Immigration officials have declined repeated requests for interviews. Multiple requests to Mexico's Interior Department, which oversees¹¹ the National Immigration Service, were also denied.

In the past four years, Mexico's Human Rights Commission has detailed¹² abuses in the country's detention facilities, ranging from unlawful, lengthy¹³ detentions¹⁴ to a case last year of a drunk guard raping¹⁵ 16-year-old Honduran girl.

Few human rights advocates are allowed into Mexico's detention centers. Carolina Carreno with Sin Fronteras, a non-governmental advocacy group, is allowed scheduled visits, but she says, authorities restrict her movements.

CAROLINA CARRENO: (Spanish spoken).

KAHN: Carreno says, detainees complain of multiple abuses. They aren't reformed about their cases, repeatedly held longer than allowed by law and guards take bribes¹⁶ to bring in everything from cigarettes to cell phones. And Carreno says, authorities were not prepared for the surge of migrant minors¹⁸ who've recently come through Mexico.

CARRENO: (Spanish spoken).

KAHN: She says, minors younger than 15 are supposed be transferred to Child Protective Services. But, she says, she's seen children as young as 12 and 13 detained and even housed with adults. More minor¹⁷ children have been deported from Mexico in the first half of this year than all of last year. Of the more than 8,000 Central American minors deported last year, only 50 were granted asylum¹⁹. Sergio Aguayo, a Mexico City political science professor, says, the government has a schizophrenic attitude about migration¹.

SERGIO AGUAYO: We criticize how the U.S. treats our immigrants, and we deny how we treat Central Americans.

KAHN: Authorities say, they're working to clean up the immigration system. Sergio Alcocer is Mexico's undersecretary of foreign relations. He says, the government's new plan to beef up border security will better control the number of people passing through Mexico.

SERGIO ALCOCER: Having a larger number of these migrants - it doesn't help, in terms of the quality of service that we can provide.

KAHN: Human rights advocates are skeptical²⁰ that the treatment of Central American migrants will approve. In the National Human Rights Commission's last report, it expressed great concern for, quote, "the lack of interest or incapacity of authorities to resolve this neglected problem." Carrie Kahn, NPR News, Mexico City

1 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

5 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

6 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

7 hooded   

adj.戴头巾的；有罩盖的；颈部因肋骨运动而膨胀的

参考例句：

• A hooded figure waited in the doorway. 一个戴兜帽的人在门口等候。
• Black-eyed gipsy girls, hooded in showy handkerchiefs, sallied forth to tell fortunes. 黑眼睛的吉卜赛姑娘，用华丽的手巾包着头，突然地闯了进来替人算命。 来自辞典例句

8 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

9 deported   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止

参考例句：

• They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

11 oversees   

v.监督，监视( oversee的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网

12 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

13 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

14 detentions   

拘留( detention的名词复数 )； 扣押； 监禁； 放学后留校

参考例句：

• Teachers may assign detention tasks as they wish and some detentions have been actually dangerous. 老师可能随心所欲指派关禁闭的形式，有些禁闭事实上很危险。
• Intimidation, beatings and administrative detentions are often enough to prevent them from trying again. 恐吓，拷打和行政拘留足以阻止请愿者二次进京的脚步。

15 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

16 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

17 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

18 minors   

n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

20 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。