Police Free 92 Migrants Held Near Mexico's Northeastern Border NDTV
go to original April 28, 2015

Mexican police freed 92 migrants from a safe house in the city of Reynosa on Mexico's northeastern border with the United States, the government reports.

Federal police arrested three suspected gang members during the raid on the building where the migrants, hailing from Cuba, Brazil, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, were being held, the National Security Commission said in a statement.

The three suspects detained were linked to at least 96 kidnappings, the commission said.

According to the statement, the raid took place on Friday, a week after Reynosa was hit by gunfights and burning vehicles blocking roads during the capture of a local drug gang boss.

Sitting opposite the Texan city of McAllen, Reynosa has been racked by violence over the past year. It is an important way-station for migrants trying to enter the United States illegally.

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Related: A Growing Number of Foreigners are Kidnapped in Mexico (El Universal)

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