Three migrants died in a highway accident in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, authorities say. At least two of the dead — a man and a woman — are from the African nation of Cameroon, and the identity of the third is being checked. Five more migrants were injured and are being treated at local hospitals.
FILE - Central American migrants ride atop a freight train during their journey toward the US- Mexico border, in Ixtepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico , April 23, 2019. Oaxaca is a key route for migrants seeking to cross Mexico to reach the U.S. border, and accidents involving migrants there are common. MEXICO CITY — Three migrants died in a highway accident in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, authorities said Thursday.
The country’s National Immigration Institute did not immediately identify the cause of the crash, or provide information on the condition of those injured. . Because migration agents often raid regular buses, migrants and smugglers often seek out risky forms of transportation, like unregulated buses, trains or freight trucks.Guyana condemns Venezuela for signing into law a referendum approving annexation of disputed regionafter a freight truck they were riding in crashed on a highway in the neighboring state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala.
The Institute said the driver of the vehicle had apparently been speeding and lost control of the truck, which was carrying 27 migrants at the time. The driver fled the scene.
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