Authorities find 600 migrants hidden in trailers headed towards U.S. border
by CNN Newsource
Authorities find 600 migrants hidden in trailers headed towards U.S. border (CNN Newsource)
Mexican authorities have reported finding 600 migrants Friday hidden in two trailers traveling through the state of Veracruz.
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In a statement, the National Migration Agency said that they discovered 145 women and 455 men in closed box cars that were heading north towards the U.S. border.
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The migrants are from 12 countries, including Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ghana, India, the Dominican Republic and Cameroon.
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The agency says it has started processing the people and will decide whether to send them back to their home countries at a later date.
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