Veracruz Mexico
Agents from the National Guard (GN) and the National Institute of Migration (INM) of Mexico on Thursday rescued 128 Central American migrants traveling in the box of a trailer on a highway in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz.
In a statement, both institutions reported that the migrants transported were traveling in crowded conditions and that the vehicle was identified while patrolling the Nuevo Teapa-Cosoleacaque highway to prevent illegal activities.
The National Guard said the agents one truck dry box type, where the driver was not wearing a seat belt, was missing a driver’s license and circulation card.
In addition, they indicated that in the box they heard cries for help and beatings and, on the assumption of a possible crime, the unit was transferred meters away to an immigration containment point to conduct a security inspection.
“When opening the door of the box, several people were found to be in overcrowded conditions who had no documents to prove their legal residence in the country,” the note said.
In addition, the officers offered them food and drink as a relief measure.
Thereafter, the foreigners were at the disposal of the staff of the National Institute of Migration to receive consular assistance and upon recognition of their nationality, they were granted assisted return.
While the operator remained at the disposal of the corresponding ministerial authority to determine his legal situation.
The state of Veracruz, a mandatory step forward migrants entering Mexico with the intention of reaching the northern border, adjacent to Tabasco, another Mexican territorial entity that borders Guatemala.
The Covid-19 pandemic restricted the passage of migrants by Mexico in 2020, but just this weekend, a new caravan leaving San Pedro Sula, Honduras on its way to the United States last Friday was dismantled at the Mexico-Guatemala border that was already guarded by Mexican authorities last weekend.