“The trailer was located without a driver, but the presence of people was detected inside the box, which had a double floor of metal structures, as well as fans anchored in the lower part and vents on the roof,” the INM explained. .
In addition, the migrants wore colored bracelets as a means of identification.
Of the 343 migrants, 212 are of legal age103 are unaccompanied minors and 28 belong to various family nuclei.
The minors come mostly from Guatemala; adults from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Ecuador, and family nuclei from Guatemala and El Salvador.
Both the unaccompanied minors and their families remained under the guardianship of the System for the Integral Development of the Family (SDIF), while the adults initiated an administrative procedure to define their legal situation in Mexico.
Last week, the INM reported that 79 migrants were located in Tijuana, Baja California, crowded into several hotel rooms.
