MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern state of Chiapas, the National Migration Institute (INM) said Friday, in the latest mass human smuggling incident to be detected in the country. ADVERTISEMENTAlthough the driver refused to open the truck’s back door, the faces of migrants could be seen through vents in the compartment, INM said. Most of the migrants were from Guatemala, with others from Ecuador, El Salvador, and Honduras. One group detected this year included more than 300 people in a truck trailer in the eastern state of Veracruz. READ: Migrants from 12 countries among 600 found in two trucks in MexicoYour subscription could not be saved.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 27, 2023 02:09 UTC