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Laredo Morning TimesTabasco can't get U.S. help
By MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV , LAREDO MORNING TIMES
NUEVO LAREDO - A tractor-trailer packed with donated clothing for families in Tabasco, which suffered devastating floods in late October, has been stuck on the Texas-Mexico border for nearly two weeks, blocked by Mexican authorities from continuing its southward trek.Two other trailers filled with food were finally released last week, after local human rights advocates demanded action.
"They (Mexican Customs officials) claim to be enforcing laws but they are interpreting them contrary to the needs of the people who are suffering," said Nuevo Laredo attorney Sergio Chavira, a civic activist who's been working to get the goods to Tabasco. "That is immoral."
Chavira said Mexican Customs is working against the wishes of President Felipe Calderón, who asked the international community to help the Tabasco victims.
It was Chavira and Raymundo Ramos, of the border Human Rights office in Nuevo Laredo, who persuaded officials to allow the food to go through, but as of Friday they still hadn't been able to get the same permission for the clothing.
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