In two events, the National Institute of Migration (INM) identified this Sunday 303 foreign migrants who were transported in boxes of torton-type cargo trucks and a tractor-trailer.
The migrants rescued by the Mexican immigration authorities said they originated from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba and India.
According to the Mexican government agency, a first arrest occurred on the Orizaba-Puebla highway, in the center of the country, during a verification operation.
The driver of the torton vehicle was stopped, which was accompanied by a white van.
“When reviewing the cargo box, 107 foreigners from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba and Nicaragua were located, who could not prove their regular stay in national territory,” the Institute detailed.
Among this group there were 37 adults, 20 unaccompanied minors and 21 families made up of 50 more people.
The INM specified that the unaccompanied migrant minors and the identified family nuclei they were channeled to the System for the Comprehensive Development of the Family (DIF).
The Office for the Defense of Minors in Veracruz, in southern Mexico, was also reported, while the adults were taken to immigration offices to carry out the corresponding immigration procedures.
Meanwhile, proceedings were taken against the six people who were transporting the foreign migrants in the torton truck and the custodians of the white truck were placed at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office in the entity along with the vehicles.
In a second moment, Mexican authorities detected an improperly parked tractor-trailer on a road near Fortín de las Flores.
When it was inspected, 196 people who said they were foreigners were found inside, who could not prove their regular stay in the country either.
After the migratory inspection and corresponding count, the INM revealed that five adults were from Guatemala and another five adults were from India.
Another 19 were unaccompanied girls, boys and adolescents and the remaining 167 were made up of 70 family groups.
All these migrants were also channeled to the DIF, while the elderly were taken to the facilities of the Migration Institute to carry out the corresponding immigration procedures.
“In this case there were no people arrested,” detailed the INM, while indicating that the tractor-trailer was made available to the Mexican authorities.
