In picture: life of immigrants in Mexico (4)

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2013 shows Roberto Marquez, 51, poses in the camp installed by the social organization "Border Angels" at the zone known as "the map square" by the Tijuana River canal, in the city of Tijuana, northwestern Mexico. Roberto, who arrived to the city of Los Angeles at age 2, was accused of murder and stays imprisoned for 31 years in the U.S. Since his deportation to Mexico, three years ago, he is waiting for his parole to be over, so he can get his papers and go back to the U.S. Even though he is a refrigeration technician, currently he works in a local market. On Aug. 5, local authorities started a 40 million pesos (300,000 US Dollar) investment project to clean off the garbage, soil and brushwood of the Tijuana River canal, an area commonly known as "el bordo" (the dam). Simultaneously, the Tijuana City Police initiated an operation to evict the people living in "el bordo", mostly immigrants who where deported from the U.S. and homeless people with no household alternative and usually living with drug issues. After several protests and demonstrations held by social organizations, the "human cleaning" decreased but the Police Department detentions and abuse persist against people living near or at "el bordo". According to social researchers of the College of the Northern Border (Colegio de la Frontera Norte), "Without a coordinated and oriented action that combines the efforts of the Government and society, Tijuana will remain to be acknowledged as the city which holds no respect for the deported immigrants human rights". (Xinhua/Guillermo Arias)