Although the authorities did not specify the identities of the group of migrants, authorities reported that during the seizure of the trailer more men than women got out and the majority were young. Authorities reported that the migrants were transferred by officials from the National Institute of Migration (INM) and the National Guard to the migration station in Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
Mexican authorities found this Wednesday, January 19, more than 250 undocumented migrants who were traveling crowded inside a trailer in the municipality of Chiapa de Corzo, in the state of Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala.
The events occurred around 11:00 a.m. (5:00 p.m. GMT) on the road stretch from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Chiapa de Corzo, where National Guard officials noticed the presence of the migrants during an inspection. The 254 foreigners, according to data from the State Police, went from San Cristóbal de Las Casas to Mexico City.
Although the authorities did not specify their identities, during the seizure more men than women got out of the trailer, most of them young, they were transferred by officials of the Migration’s national institute (INM) and the National Guard to the migration station in Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
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The region is experiencing a record migratory flow, as reflected in the detention of 2.76 million undocumented immigrants at the United States border with Mexico in fiscal year 2022.
The arrest of the trailer occurred at one of the checkpoints at the entrance to Chiapa de Corzo, a few kilometers from where the emblematic migrant tragedy of 2021 occurred, when 56 undocumented people died in a road accident while traveling in similar conditions.
The authorities detained the operator of the cargo transportation unit and another person identified as responsible for charging them to take them to the United States border.
With information from EFE
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