Mexico City, April 12 (EFE) – A total of 133 migrants from Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras, including 15 minors, were found trapped in the refrigerator of a truck in central Mexico, in the state of San Luis Potos.. The National Institute on Migration (INM) reported Monday.
Of the total number of migrants, 127 come from Guatemala; Four from Nicaragua and two from Honduras. In addition, 10 people traveled within the family nucleus, and 15 were unaccompanied minors.
In a statement, the INM, which reports to the Secretariat of the Interior (Ministry), stated that by 04:00 (09:00 GMT) on Tuesday, INM agents had found a tractor-trailer on the 75D State Highway in Rio Verde. Section – San Luis Potos..
Agents sought the support of the Secretary of Defense (Sedena) and the State Police to establish and suspend a department that intended to transport migrants of various nationalities who could not verify their regular presence in Mexico.
Traveling migrants in trucks or trailers is one of the most dangerous ways to sneak into Mexico, to the US, for which they pay traffickers thousands of dollars.
According to this modality, a tragic accident occurred on December 9, when the trailer overturned on the highway from Tuxtla Gutierrez to Chiapas de Corso, in the southern state of Chiapas, killing 56 migrants.
More than 160 foreigners traveled in hidden vehicles, most from Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador.
Authorities said 35 women and 73 adult men from Guatemala, 15 homeless minors and four family members were traveling in the case of the tractor trailer found in San Luis Potos..
In addition, four others, also in the core of the family, from Nicaragua and two members of the family from Honduras.
The note states that the adults were taken to the INM offices to begin the migration process, which determines their legal status in Mexico, while the nuclei of the foreign family remained under the tutelage of the State Integrated Family Development System (DIF). .
The region is experiencing a record influx of migrants to the United States, whose Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office has identified more than 1.7 million undocumented immigrants across the Mexican border in fiscal year 2021, which ended Sept. 30.
According to the Department of Migration Policy of the Ministry of Interior, Mexico in 2021 deported more than 114,000 foreigners.
In addition, the Mexican Refugee Assistance Commission (Comar) received a record 131,448 refugee applications in 2021. More than 51,000 of these petitioners are Haitian.
Source: El Diario
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