Immigration Institute Reports More Than 100 CentAm Migrants Rescued in Veracruz The Associated Press
go to original August 21, 2017

Police watch the departure of a private bus used by Mexican authorities to transport a large group of Central American migrants to a migrant detention facility in Veracruz, Mexico (AP/Felix Marquez)

Police have found 126 Central American migrants, many suffering severe dehydration, packed into a truck in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz, the country's National Immigration Institute said.

It said 119 of the migrants were from Honduras and the rest from Guatemala.

Veracruz state police said the migrants were found Saturday in the municipality of Alto Lucero.

The state that stretches along much of the Gulf coast is a commonly used route for migrants trying to reach the U.S.

The immigration agency said two presumed people traffickers were detained and turned over to federal prosecutors.

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Related: 60 Illegal Immigrants Found in Refrigerated Truck Hauling Broccoli from Mexico to US (Washington Examiner)

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