Six people died, including two Ecuadorian migrants and one Dominican in a car accident, on Sunday night on federal highway 190, in the section from Santo Domingo Zanatepec to General Pascual Fuentes in Oaxaca.
According to the Oaxaca State Attorney General's Office (FGEO), the accident involved three vehicles: two cars and a bicycle. He The tragic result was one woman and five men who died.
Three of the victims were identified as migrants, which has placed the case under the attention of the Migrant Assistance Prosecutor's Office.
Unfortunately, road accidents involving migrants are increasingly common in Mexico. In January, an accident left 23 Guatemalans injured in the bed of a cargo truck in Chiapas.
In October of last year, 10 Cuban migrants lost their lives in an accident, followed by the death of 18 migrants from Central and South America in another incident.
The tragic accident in Oaxaca occurs in a context of significant increase in irregular migration. In 2023, the Mexican Government detected more than 782 thousand people in this situation, which represents an increase of 77% compared to previous years.
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