The group includes 38 men and 12 to 15 women. Among them are also other nationalities
At least 50 undocumented migrants, about 200, were detained in the last hours while traveling in Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas, United States.
According to local media, the group includes 38 men and 12 to 15 women. Most of the group came from Guatemala and El Salvador.
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The immigrants were traveling in with a refrigerated truck and one of them called for help from the authorities as they began to show symptoms of hypothermia.
When authorities located the car, one of its doors had already been opened for air to flow, and when the undocumented noticed the presence of police dispersed, some entered the nearby wooded area.
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Authorities claim that several of the people who escaped only wore jeans and T-shirts, claiming that their health would be in danger due to the cold wave hitting this area.
It is also possible that several people have fled to nearby residences or businesses.
It is suspected that vehicles parked in the vicinity of the trailer were used by the “coyotes” driving the Central Americans.