“The INM rescued 148 migrants who were traveling overcrowded in the box of a trailer and were abandoned in life-threatening conditions on the side of the Minatitlán, Cordova highway,” the institute said in a statement.
The truck was abandoned by the driver who is still at large, INM added.
Of the 148 people rescued there were women and men traveling solo, 23 unaccompanied minors and 44 families – which consisted of 115 people.
The faces of rescued migrants were obscured by INM in this picture.
That same year, at least 55 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a truck overturned in southern Mexico.
Persons:
INM
Organizations:
CNN, Central, Mexico’s National Institute of Migration, System, Integral, Defense, Minors, National Institute of Migration Immigrants
Locations:
Veracruz, Cordova, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, United States, Mexico, Central