MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities discovered 103 unaccompanied minors principally from Guatemala inside an deserted truck trailer within the japanese Mexican state of Veracruz, the federal government stated on Monday, in one of many largest latest discoveries of migrant kids touring by Mexico.
In addition to the 103 kids, authorities discovered 212 adults from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Ecuador within the trailer, the National Migration Institute (INM) stated in an announcement.
Another 28 migrants touring as households from Guatemala and El Salvador have been additionally within the trailer, bringing the whole variety of passengers to 343.
Authorities found the trailer on a freeway and not using a driver, INM stated. It was outfitted with followers, {a partially} ventilated roof and a construction that created a second degree contained in the trailer.
A photograph that INM distributed confirmed plastic bottles and different trash strewn throughout the ground of the lengthy, slim compartment.
The kids can be put into custody of Veracruz’s household providers system whereas the opposite migrants can be processed to find out their authorized standing in Mexico, INM stated.
Earlier this 12 months, Mexican authorities discovered 57 unaccompanied minors from Guatemala at a checkpoint close to the US-Mexico border, and 20 different unaccompanied minors in a bunch of principally Central Americans within the southern state of Chiapas. — Reuters
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
