MEXICO CITY, June 26 (Reuters) - A woman who had just given birth was among 141 migrants detained at a bus checkpoint in southeastern Mexico on Monday, the same day another large group of migrants was found in the area crowded into the back of a trailer truck.
The mother and her newborn girl were taken to a hospital after being detained, according to a statement by the National Migration Institute (INM).
The mother was among a group of mostly Guatemalans found on the bus in the Gulf state of Veracruz.
"(The woman) gave birth with the help of those that traveled with her, who cut the umbilical cord," the INM added.
It comes after the institute reported on Monday that another 130 Guatemalan migrants had been detained in a truck in the same state.
Persons:
Daina Beth Solomon, Isabel Woodford, Gerry Doyle
Organizations:
MEXICO CITY, National Migration Institute, United, Thomson
Locations:
MEXICO, Mexico, Gulf, Veracruz, Texas, United States