Mexican authorities found 129 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the eastern state of Veracruz, the National Migration Institute (INM) said in a statement on Saturday.
in Mexico, where higher-than-normal temperatures have topped 45C in several states, including Veracruz, where the operation took place.
Immigration agents in late May had uncovered another 175 migrants further south, mainly from Central America, in Chiapas state. AnotherMigrants fleeing violence and poverty in Latin America frequently pay smugglers in an attempt to pass through Mexico bound for the U.S. Some are forced to cross areas rife with drug violence, making them vulnerable to organized crime.
Among the travelers found on Friday were adults from Guatemala, Honduras, India and El Salvador, and 19 unaccompanied minors, the migration institute said. It added that the children will be put under state guardianship, while the others will be processed to determine their legal status in Mexico. Four suspected traffickers were arrested in the operation.
On Friday the commissioner of the INM, Francisco Garduño, had met with Guatemalan officials to discuss reparations for the victims of aReporting by Lucinda Elliott and Aida Pelaez-Fernandez; Editing by Franklin Paul
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