Mexico's National Migration Institute said the 71 Cuban men and 20 women were turned away after arriving in Chiapas state near the Guatemalan border.
Government expels 91 Cuban migrants after US law change
Mexican government has expelled 91 Cuban migrants following the change in the US policy.
Cubans remain outside the National Immigration Institute with the hope of obtaining a safe-conduct that will allow them to reach the border with the United States, in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico on January 16, 2017
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"They were returned to their country of origin in an airplane" provided by the Mexican authorities, it said in a statement.
Tens of thousands of migrants make their way every month through Mexico in search of a better life in the United States.
Among them, thousands of Cubans received special treatment upon reaching US soil -- until now.
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Days before leaving office on Friday, former US president Barack Obama ended decades-old regulations that allowed Cubans arriving in the United States to settle there without a visa.
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