Pictures posted to the Facebook page of the Tijuana mayor’s office showed officials with face masks cordoning off the entrance of the Benito Juarez Sports Complex on Friday.
The complex, which had become Tijuana’s main facility for sheltering migrants trying to reach the US border, was closed “due to the poor sanitary conditions,” a statement from the office of Tijuana’s mayor, Juan Manuel Gastélum read.
CNN crews visiting the complex last week found squalid conditions, including open sewage drains.
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Rodolfo Olimpo, a representative from Baja California state’s Special Committee on Migration Issues, told CNN last week the complex was more than three times over its capacity.
Since Thursday, Mexican officials have been transferring migrants from the complex to a new shelter that is further away from the border in the eastern part of the city in an area known as El Barretal.
Most of the migrants staying at the complex had left as of Sunday, but CNN crews there observed several dozen migrants staying in tents outside the gate.
Source: Main migrant shelter in Tijuana closed ‘due to health issues’
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