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229 migrants calling for help found in back of truck in eastern Mexico
Authorities found 229 migrants, including 17 minors and dehydrated individuals, locked in a stolen truck in Veracruz as smuggling routes see a slow rise in activity.
- On Monday, José Manuel Pozos, Veracruz's deputy government secretary, said Mexican authorities found 229 migrants locked inside a truck reported stolen in Veracruz.
- Recent reports show migration north is slowly picking up this year, with smugglers commonly packing migrants into trucks or modified trailers to evade authorities.
- In the afternoon the migrants were loaded onto state police buses; most were from Central America, including 17 minors and dehydrated migrants, usually handed to Mexico's national immigration agency.
- From 2022 to 2024 Mexican authorities greatly increased seizures of smuggling vehicles, and shelters in southern Mexico say they have again begun taking Central American migrants this year.
- Veracruz has long been a corridor where cartels prey on migrants, using fake ambulances and modified trailers with hidden compartments that heighten the risk of death.
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229 migrants found trapped in impounded truck in Veracruz
Authorities on Monday found 229 migrants crammed into an impounded truck in Xalapa, the capital of the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The truck — which had been reported as stolen — was intercepted by police on Monday around 45 kilometers southeast of Xalapa and subsequently taken to an impound lot in the state capital. The discovery of the migrants only occurred after workers at the impound lot heard shouting and banging from inside the trailer.…
239 migrants found locked in trailer box, Mexico plans to repatriate adults
Mexican authorities have taken the first steps to repatriate 222 Central and South American adults found Monday inside a locked trailer at an impound lot. Seventeen unaccompanied children remain in the custody of a child welfare agency in Xalapa, Mexico.
The majority of migrants came from Central America, 17 were minors and several presented dehydration
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