Igagasi lokuthumba eMexico selinciphise isibalo sezivakashi ezivakashela indawo edume kakhulu kuleli futhi lashiya abantu bangaphandle abasebenza kuleli besaba imindeni yabo.
Kwake kwaba indawo ethandwa kakhulu izivakashi zaseMelika, iTijuana, eningizimu nje yomngcele wase-US, ibone amazinga ezivakashi ehla phakathi negagasi lakamuva lobugebengu obunobudlova obuhlanganisa ukwanda okukhathazayo kokuthumba, ikakhulukazi izakhamuzi zaseMelika.
Ugibe lwangaphambili lwabavakashi lubone amazinga ezivakashi ehla ngamaphesenti angama-50 ngonyaka odlule, uJack Doron, umongameli weTijuana Merchants Association, etshela iSan Diego Union Tribune. Ingenye yenqwaba yezindawo zaseMexico izivakashi ezikuxwayile ukuvakasha uma kubhekwa izinga lodlame oluhlobene nobugebengu obuhleliwe.
NgoJanuwari, izikhulu zaseMelika zixwayise abavakashi abaya eMexico ukuthi baqaphele ngokwengeziwe uma kubhekwa ukwanda kwakamuva kokuthunjwa kwezakhamizi zaseMelika. Ngokusho kwe-FBI, isibalo sokuthunjwa okubandakanya izakhamizi zase-US kanye nezakhamizi ezisemthethweni eduze kweCalifornia ingxenye yomngcele kuphela siphindeke kabili ngonyaka ka-2007 futhi, kusukela ngoNovemba, besilingana neziyisithupha ngenyanga.
Amaqembu okuthumba ase-Mexico athuthukile futhi anodlame kucatshangwa ukuthi yiwo abangela ukuthunjwa, okuvame ukukhomba izisulu ezivela emindenini ecebe ngokwanele ukuba zikhokhe imali eshisiwe.
"Kuyibhizinisi kubo," kusho uDarrell Foxworth, umenzeli okhethekile we-FBI ophikweni lwaseSan Diego. “Bangene ezenzweni zobugebengu eziningi kanti omunye uyathumba ngoba kunenzuzo kubo ngakho basebenza njengebhizinisi ngoba kungenisa imali.”
Izisulu ngokuvamile kwakungabantu "abanobudlelwane bomndeni noma izibopho zebhizinisi" eMexico ababehamba njalo besuka eMelika, esho. “Futhi abathumbi, abathumbi, babheka laba bantu benemali ethile ukuze bakhokhe isihlengo. Kubonakala sengathi azithathwa ngokungahleliwe, kukhona ukubhekwa kwangaphambili noma ukuhlaziya kusengaphambili. "
Cishe amaphesenti angama-90 amacala abandakanya umndeni osezingeni eliphakathi ongenabo ubuhlobo bobugebengu obuhlala eSan Diego nasemiphakathini engomakhelwane.
Abathumbi bahlomile futhi bavame ukugqokisa amaphoyisa noma umfaniswano we-US Immigration and Customs Enforcement noma bazenze amaphoyisa omgwaqo ukuze badonse izimoto zezisulu. Abathunjwa babanjwa “isikhathi esithile ukuze bathole isihlengo” futhi bavame ukwenziwa “izenzo zonya, ukuhlukunyezwa, ukushaywa,” kusho uMnu Foxworth.
“Nabo babulawa yindlala – sake saba nombiko owodwa lapho umuntu ebanjwe amasonto amabili ngesikhathi eboshwe izandla eboshwe izandla ngaso sonke isikhathi, eboshwe ngamaketanga phansi futhi ephakelwa ama-tortilla amathathu kuphela namanzi. Kuyadabukisa nje okwenzeke kwabanye balaba bantu.”
Kanye nokwanda kwesibalo sokuthunjwa, i-FBI nayo ibikhathazekile ngokuthi ezinye zezigameko zokuthunjwa bezisenzeka ezweni laseMelika, kusho uMnu Foxworth. "Amaqembu azowela umngcele, athumbe abantu ababuyisele eMexico," esho.
I-FBI ngeke idalule amanani ezihlengo ezifunwayo, futhi ngezinye izikhathi ezikhokhwayo. Kodwa kwesinye isigameko sakamuva, abathumbi bafuna isihlengo samadola angaba ngu-£150,000 kanye nama-£25,000 kwabesifazane ababili abathunjwa lapho bebonisa indawo eningizimu yeTijuana. Amalungu omndeni axoxisana ngokukhokhwa kwe-£ 13,500 futhi ashiya imali endaweni e-Tijuana, kodwa izisulu azizange zikhululwe.
Batholwe emuva kokuthi amaphoyisa elandele umkhondo wemoto esetshenziswe ukuqoqa imali umshayeli wabaholela emzini obekuboshwe kuwo abesifazane.
NgoJanuwari, uMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika uthe abantu baseMelika abangu-27 bathunjwe esifundeni esisenyakatho neMexico ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule kanti ababili balaba bathunjwa babulawa. Ixwayise ngokuthi "izakhamizi zase-US kufanele ziqaphele ubungozi obudalwa yisimo sezokuphepha esiwohlokayo" emngceleni neMexico.
UTony Garza, inxusa laseMelika eMexico, ubhalele izikhulu eziphezulu zaseMexico ezwakalisa ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngokuthi ukwanda kodlame oluhlobene nezidakamizwa kanye nokuthumba enyakatho yeMexico kuzoba nomthelela omubi ekuhwebeni kwemingcele kanye nezokuvakasha. Udonse ukunakwa “kwezibalo ezikhulayo zabantu baseMelika ababulawa nabathunjwa ezinyangeni ezedlule”.
Ngo-2007, ngokwe-FBI, okungenani izakhamuzi zaseSan Diego County ezingu-26 zathunjwa futhi zagcinwa ukuze zihlengwe eTijuana nasemiphakathini yaseBaja California yaseRosarito Beach noma e-Ensenada.
Muva nje iziphathimandla zaseNyuvesi Yesifunda SaseSan Diego zixwayise abafundi ukuthi “bacabangele udlame lwakamuva” ngaphambi kokuthi baye eningizimu ngekhefu lentwasahlobo lale nyanga.
NgoMsombuluko, kuqubuke impi yezibhamu amahora ayisikhombisa ngesikhathi amasosha namaphoyisa ebhekise kumalungu eqembu elithumba emzini osendaweni yaseTijuana. Kubulawe umsolwa oyedwa kwadedelwa isisulu sokuthumba, indodana kasomabhizinisi odumile, ebigcinwe kule ndawo.
Udlame olwandayo kulesi sifunda luza naphezu kwemizamo eyengeziwe yeziphathimandla zaseMelika kanye nezaseMexico zokulwa nobugebengu obuhleliwe, obuhlanganisa uhwebo olukhulu lwezidakamizwa kuleliya lizwe, nokuchitha igazi.
telegraph.co.uk
