Dozens of Central American migrants, including 23 unaccompanied children, were rescued from a box truck abandoned by a highway amid sweltering temperatures in the southeastern state of Veracruz, according to Mexico’s National Institute of Migration
“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. The migrants came from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, INM wrote.
The unaccompanied minors and family units will remain protected by the System for the Integral Development of the Family and the Office of the Attorney for the Defense of Minors during their immigration process, the statement read. Immigrants fleeing violence and poverty frequently travel through the state of Veracruz on their way to the United States. Without documents, they ride trailers or atop freight trains known to be a vessel for immigration north, called La Bestia, the Beast.
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