350 migrants found 'crowded and dehydrated' in trailer in Mexico, authorities say
Hundreds of migrants were found "crowded and dehydrated" in the back of a tractor-trailer in southeastern Mexico on Thursday, authorities said. MEXICO CITY and LONDON -- Hundreds of migrants from Central and South America were found "crowded and dehydrated" in the back of a tractor-trailer in southeastern Mexico on Thursday, authorities said. The discovery was made at dawn after authorities stopped the driver of the trailer at a toll booth in between the cities of Córdoba and Coatzacoalcos in the eastern state of Veracruz, according to a press release from Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM). MORE: Bus carrying locals and migrants crashes in Mexico, killing 16 Migrants from Guatemala, Ecuador, Honduras and El Salvador are rescued by Mexican authorities after being found crammed and dehydrated in a trailer-truck, in Cosamaloapan, in Veracruz state, Mexico, in this handout photo distributed to Reuters on September 14, 2023. Mexico National Institute of ...