More than 250 migrants found in Mexico on a truck bound for the US
So far, Mexican authorities have not provided details about the identity or nationality of the migrants rescued in Mexico.
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Mexican authorities said Sunday that they found more than 250 migrants inside a double-trailer truck headed toward the U.S. border.
Immigration agents supported by members of the Army discovered the transport on Friday at a checkpoint in the state of Chihuahua .
The migrants, of various nationalities , were transferred to immigration facilities in order to review their status. This, while the driver was handed over to the prosecutor’s office, the ministry added.
Thousands of migrants fleeing violence and poverty travel through Mexico each year to the US border.
Transporting migrants hidden in overcrowded trucks is one of the most dangerous methods used by human traffickers.
Detention of migrants in Mexico
In 2022, more than 50 migrants suffocated to death after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer that crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas.
The recent election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has fueled concerns among undocumented immigrants that it will be increasingly difficult to obtain asylum after Trump takes office.
The number of U.S. Border Patrol encounters with migrants crossing illegally from Mexico fell to about 54,000 in September from a peak of nearly 250,000 in December, according to the U.S. government.
The drop in numbers comes after President Joe Biden issued an order in June to close the border to asylum seekers after a certain daily limit.
