Veracruz, Mexico
Officers from the National Guard (GN) and the National Migration Institute (INM) of Mexico rescued 128 Central American migrants traveling in the box of a trailer while traveling on a road in the eastern Mexican state of Mexico. Veracruz.
In a statement, the two institutions reported that the migrants transported were traveling in overcrowded conditions and that the vehicle was identified when conducting patrols on the Nou Teapa-Cosoleacaque road for the prevention of wrongdoing.
The National Guard explained that officers discharged one truck dry box type, the driver was not wearing a seat belt, did not have a driver’s license and driver’s license.
In addition, they pointed out that cries for help and beatings were heard inside the box and, on suspicion of possible wrongdoing, the unit was moved meters later, to a migratory containment point for perform a security inspection.
“Upon opening the door of the box several people were found standing in overcrowded conditions who did not have documents proving their legal stay in the country,” the note noted.
In addition, as a measure of relief, officers offered them food and drink.
After that, the foreigners were made available to the staff of the National Migration Institute to receive consular assistance and after the recognition of their nationality they are granted assisted return.
While the operator was at the disposal of the corresponding ministerial authority to define its legal situation.
The state of Veracruz, A must for migrants who enter Mexico with the intention of reaching the northern border, borders Tabasco, another Mexican territorial entity that borders Guatemala.
The covid-19 pandemic limited the passage of migrants for Mexico in 2020, but just this weekend a new caravan that left last Friday from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, bound for the United States, was dismantled over the weekend on the Mexico-Guatemala border that was already guarded by Mexican authorities.