The number of deported Central Americans in the United States and Mexico exceeded 138,000 cases in 2024, 8.7 % less than in 2023, mainly driven by the fall in repatriations from Mexican territory, according to figures from the International Organization for Migration (IIM) recently disseminated.
The data, which correspond to government entities of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, realize that deportations total 138,937, compared to 152,133 of 2023, with a variation of 13,196 cases.
This reduction in the general repatriation figures to the so -called northern triangle of Central America has been driven by the fall of 38 % of deportations from Mexico.
Central American repatrices from this country went from 42,097 in 2023 to 26,080 in 2024. This represents a drop in adult population data of 39.6 % and in children and adolescents of 32.5 %.
The United States authorities reported in 2024 a figure of 112,367 cases, compared to 109,366 of 2023 for an increase of 2.7 %.
The figures realize that adult repatriations rose 15.5 %, while those of minors fell 39.5 %.
Of the total of the 138,937 deportations, 80.87 %
El Salvador remained at the head of the percentages of deportations with an increase of 12.3 %, ahead of Guatemala that registered a 3.7 %drop and Honduras, which computed a decrease of 20.2 %.
The data presented by the IOM are from the governmental Directorate General for Migration and Foreigners (DGME) of El Salvador; the Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM) and the Secretariat of Social Welfare (SBS) of Guatemala; and the Consular and Migratory Observatory of Honduras (Switching).
Every year, more than 500,000 people from these three countries try to irregularly emigrate to the United States in search of better living conditions, including thousands of minors.
