Migrants Found in Southern Mexico
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Stan Duncan
Dec 19, 2010, 6:23:44 PM12/19/10
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60 Migrants Found in Southern Mexico
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico – A group of 60 illegal immigrants suffering from dehydration were found by police packed into a trailer in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, state officials said.
The migrants, who are from Central America, India and Sri Lanka, were traveling in “subhuman conditions” on a truck with Mexican Social Security Institute logos, the government of Chiapas, which is on the border with Guatemala, said.
The illegal immigrants were found during an X-ray inspection at a checkpoint in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, the capital of Chiapas. The truck driver, a Mexican citizen, was turned over to federal prosecutors, Chiapas state officials said, adding that the vehicle was stolen in Mexico City in February. The migrants – 45 men and 15 women – were treated for dehydration by doctors. The group, made up of 30 Salvadorans, 15 Guatemalans, five Hondurans, seven Sri Lankans and three Indians, was headed for the United States.
Some 200,000 Central Americans, according to estimates, cross Mexico each year while on their way to the United States. About 70,000 illegal immigrants were detained at Mexican immigration stations last year and returned home, the non-governmental group Sin Fronteras said.
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico – A group of 60 illegal immigrants suffering from dehydration were found by police packed into a trailer in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, state officials said.
The migrants, who are from Central America, India and Sri Lanka, were traveling in “subhuman conditions” on a truck with Mexican Social Security Institute logos, the government of Chiapas, which is on the border with Guatemala, said.
The illegal immigrants were found during an X-ray inspection at a checkpoint in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, the capital of Chiapas. The truck driver, a Mexican citizen, was turned over to federal prosecutors, Chiapas state officials said, adding that the vehicle was stolen in Mexico City in February. The migrants – 45 men and 15 women – were treated for dehydration by doctors. The group, made up of 30 Salvadorans, 15 Guatemalans, five Hondurans, seven Sri Lankans and three Indians, was headed for the United States.
Some 200,000 Central Americans, according to estimates, cross Mexico each year while on their way to the United States. About 70,000 illegal immigrants were detained at Mexican immigration stations last year and returned home, the non-governmental group Sin Fronteras said.
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Stan G. Duncan
123 Sumner St.
Quincy, MA 02169
Hm: 781-504-6875
Wk: 508-679-6835
Fax: 734-549-6524
New Book: The Greatest Story Oversold: Understanding Economic Globalization
http://www.HomeByNow.blogspot.com
http://jubileejusticetaskforce.blogspot.com/
What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God?
--Micah 6:8
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