Mentally ill people wandering in Tapachula are on the rise

Residents warn of the growing number of vulnerable people in the town CARLOS RUIZ/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ The ejido Álvaro Obregón, in the lower area of Tapachula, has witnessed an alarming trend: the constant arrival of people with mental disorders, who apparently are displaced by authorities of neighboring municipalities. It is not a coincidence, they assured inhabitants, but a systematic practice that has made the abandonment a manage…