MEXICO CITY, Sept 15 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — A total 350 migrants dehydrated women, men and minors originating from Guatemala, Ecuador, Honduras and El Salvador, were rescued from a crowded box of a trailer in the early morning of Thursday in Veracruz, the National Migration Institute (INM) disclosed.
The migrants were discovered at the toll booth of Cosamaloapan between the municipalities of Córdoba and Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, where the driver of the cargo transport was stopped and using a device with gamma rays, which detected the presence of people inside the container.
As they approached, the staff INM and the security elements heard screams and knocks at the back of the unit, so they proceeded to break the seals on the back door, and when they opened it found the migrants behind a screen that prevented them from taking air.
In a security zone, the immigration authority identified 350 foreign people who could not prove their regular stay in the country: 340 from Guatemala, Ecuador (6), Honduras (3) and one from El Salvador.
Minors and those who made up family units will remain under the guardianship of the local System for the Comprehensive Development of the Family (DIF). Meanwhile, the adults were taken to the headquarters of the INM in the state in order to begin the procedure to define their immigration status in Mexico.
Likewise, it was reported that the trailer and the driver were detained and placed at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic.
