Migrants recount nightmare journeys in US-bound trucks

  • 📰 STForeignDesk
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 21 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 12%
  • Publisher: 71%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO - Mr Jose Mario Licona and his family spent 18 hours in a refrigerated truck being smuggled to the Mexican-US border - a journey he feels lucky to have survived.

Others have been less fortunate, including dozens of migrants from Mexico and Central America found dead on Monday after being abandoned in a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas.Mr Licona knew all too well the dangers of entrusting his life to the criminal gangs trafficking migrants in trucks that are often overcrowded and lack ventilation.

Around 100 people were travelling in the same vehicle, which was not checked even once by Mexican authorities during the more than 1,000km journey, Mr Licona said.'Criminal enterprises' Some undress or faint in the heat. Others avoid eating or drinking so they do not have to urinate. When the containers are refrigerated, it is like being in a"freezer", according to one young woman.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 4. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

US says FIFA to get another US$92 million in compensation from corruption probeWASHINGTON: FIFA, world soccer's governing body, will receive another US$92 million in compensation for losses sustained in global soccer corruption schemes, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. In August last year, the department had said FIFA was going to receive US$201 million in compensation for
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

US medical experts call for Omicron-specific Covid boostersWASHINGTON — A panel of United States (US) medical experts on Tuesday (June 28) called for Omicron-specific boosters this fall, as anticipation mounts that Covid vaccines will be needed on an ongoing seasonal basis, as is the case for influenza.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

How the US Supreme Court could hobble Biden's climate efforts
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »

US ramps up monkeypox vaccination campaign, releasing 56,000 dosesWASHINGTON: US health authorities said Tuesday (Jun 28) they were immediately releasing 56,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine - five times the number distributed so far - to areas of high transmission as part of a major escalation of the country's immunization strategy. Until now, the US Centers for Disease Co
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

US boy, 8, shoots dead baby girl with father's gunWASHINGTON — An eight-year-old boy shot dead a baby and wounded her toddler sister while playing with his father's gun in Florida last weekend, police said.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

S Korea's LGES reviews plan for $1.3 billion Arizona battery plant as US inflation bitesSEOUL :South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd (LGES) plans to reassess its investment plan for a standalone Arizona battery factory due to the current U.S. economic environment, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. The spokesperson's comments on the previously announced $1.3 billion investment
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »