Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern state of Chiapas, the National Migration Institute said
Immigration agents heard yells and banging coming from inside the vehicle when it was stopped at a checkpoint in Chiapas, INM said in a statement.
Although the driver refused to open the truck's back door, the faces of migrants could be seen through vents in the compartment, INM said. Images released by the institute showed people standing closely together inside the truck before descending one by one with the help of INM agents.Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern state of Chiapas, when it was stopped at a checkpoint in Chiapas, Mexico, according to the INM statement, in this photo released on May 26, 2023 and distributed by INM.
Most of the migrants were from Guatemala, with others from Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras. One person was from the Dominican Republic and one from Pakistan.Migrants fleeing poverty and violence in Latin America frequently pay smugglers in an attempt to pass through Mexico clandestinely on their route to the U.S. One group detected this year includedU.S. Homeland Security official Blas Nunez-Neto said last week that migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border haveStill, the number of U.S.
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