NewsWhore
10-18-2007, 02:40 PM
Hoy is reporting on the plight of 100 Mexican workers stuck in the DR for the last 10 days. The newspaper explains that they were on their way to the Turks & Caicos when they were denied entrance into the country, and were subsequently returned to the DR. They have not been able to return to Mexico and have been sleeping on their luggage and on the floor at Las Americas International Airport (AILA). Hoy reports that the workers haven't received any help from the Mexican Embassy and that they don't have enough money to buy food or drinks. Eduardo Camarena Lopez, spokesperson for the group, said that Copa and Taca Airlines required an additional payment of US$125 per worker to return them to Mexico. Camarena says that the group paid US$7,600 to Caribair to travel to Caicos, money they can't get back. Airline officials say that the workers need the US$125 each in order to rebook a flight to Mexico because there was a change of dates.
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