350 migrants, including children, found “crammed and dehydrated” in the back of a truck in Mexico
- Hundreds of migrants found in Mexico ‘crammed and dehydrated’ in truck
- They were discovered at a toll station between Córdoba and Coatzacoalcos.
- The driver was taken into custody by the state attorney general’s office.
Hundreds of “dehydrated” migrants, including children, were found crammed into the back of a truck in Mexico after authorities heard their frightening screams.
Their desperate pleas to avoid being sardined inside the metal prison were answered after the caravan’s driver stopped at a toll booth between the towns of Córdoba and Coatzacoalcos, in the state of Veracruz, in the east of the country.
A gamma ray device detected the presence of 350 migrants inside the container, the vast majority from Guatemala. Meanwhile, six came from Ecuador, three from Honduras and one from El Salvador.
Minors and those traveling with family are placed under the supervision of the National System for Integral Family Development, National Institute of Migration of Mexico (INM) reported.
Hundreds of “dehydrated” migrants, including children, were found crammed into the back of a truck in Mexico after authorities heard their frightening screams.
Shocking video footage reveals the moment hundreds of people were freed from the back of the caravan as authorities arrested the driver and vehicle.
Images of shirtless men, young children held close to their loving families and hundreds of suitcases and bags were seen being taken out of the truck.
In one photo, a shirtless man can be seen hanging from the roof of the truck as two children emerge from the dark tin can.
Videos and images highlight the extremes to which migrant smuggling inside Mexico has escalated as illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border in August increased from the previous month to around 177,000 , according to the report. New York Times reported.
“Failing communist regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba are driving a new wave of migration across the Western Hemisphere, including the recent increase in encounters on the U.S. southwest border” , said CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus.
He said teams are “working around the clock to secure the border and process and screen every individual in a safe and humane manner.”
“But those fleeing repressive regimes pose significant challenges when it comes to processing and deportation,” he said.
The videos and images highlight the extremes to which migrant smuggling inside Mexico has escalated with an increase in illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border in August.
A gamma ray device detected the presence of 350 migrants inside the container, the vast majority from Guatemala. Meanwhile, six came from Ecuador, three from Honduras and one from El Salvador.
Minors and those traveling with family have been placed under the supervision of the National System for Integral Family Development.
“More people encountered at the border without a legal basis to stay will be deported or deported this year than in any previous year.”
Preliminary data released by the outlet highlights the Biden administration’s most significant immigration challenge since rolling out its new border policies in the spring.
There have been about 91,000 migrants crossing the border as families, surpassing the 84,486 such crossings recorded in May 2019, the height of the border crisis under the Trump administration.
There was a notable drop in June after the expiration of Title 42, a pandemic-era measure that allowed Biden to quickly expel migrants.
But this decline was temporary, with illegal crossings increasing by 33 percent between June and July and increasing again by 33 percent in August.
