Thousands of migrants have traveled through Mexico on buses, trailers or on the roofs of train cars trying to reach the United States.
At least 18 people were killed and 27 injured when a bus carrying migrants overturned in southern Mexico on Friday, officials said.
The dead, three of whom were minors, were from Haiti and Venezuela. The accident happened on the highway between Oaxaca and Puebla early in the morning local time.
Thousands of migrants have traveled through Mexico in buses, trailers or on the roofs of train cars, trying to reach the US border and on to the US. According to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM), well over 8,000 people have died or gone missing trying to reach the United States through Mexico since 2014.
On Sunday, at least 10 Cuban migrants were killed and 25 injured when a truck carrying them overturned in Chiapas, southern Mexico.
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