Coahuila.- A contingent made up of more than 160 migrants from Central America They were abandoned in the box of a trailer on the Carlos Salinas de Gortari bypass, in Monclova, Coahuila.
Just a few meters from the junction with federal highway 57, a trailer was abandoned by “the smugglers”, leaving more than a hundred undocumented immigrants looking to cross the border with the United States inside.
Realizing that the heavy unit did not move and that the oxygen was beginning to lack, the migrants managed to get out of the box by opening its door. It was around 2:30 in the afternoon this Saturday when motorists circulating in the area notified local authorities about the group of people in mobility who were stranded.
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When they arrived at the area indicated by the citizen reports, the lifeguards and firefighters found the migrants sitting or lying on one side of the vehicle bed, so they proceeded to give them the first aid.
It was the same undocumented immigrants who informed the authorities who arrived at the place that they had been abandoned after having charged them 3,000 dollars with the promise of making them cross the border that divides Mexico and the United States.
“They abandoned us; They charged us 3,000 dollars and abandoned us,” said one of the Central American migrants.
They stated that they had boarded the trailer in Villa Hermosa, Tabascoand that their destination was Piedras Negras, Coahuila, after which they would try to move to Eagle PassTexas, United States.
“There are boys, girls; all are in very poor health; They are dehydrated, they were deprived of oxygen for a long time, ”said a security element.
The migrants indicated that they had been inside the box of the heavy unit without it moving for at least 4 hours, after which time they made the decision to do everything possible to get out.
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