Mexico stops trailer with 131 migrants south of Juarez
Group included families with children and unaccompanied minors
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican authorities on Wednesday stopped a Juarez-bound semi hauling a trailer carrying 131 Central and South American migrants.
The truck came up to an immigration checkpoint on the Chihuahua-Juarez Highway south of Juarez and agents flagged it for inspection. The trailer held 108 citizens of Guatemala, 22 from Ecuador and a Salvadoran with no travel documents or humanitarian visas, agents with the National Migration Institute told Border Report.
The agents said they were concerned about the health of the migrants, who were crammed into the box with no air-conditioning.
Fourteen unaccompanied minors and nine families were among the group. The migrants were taken to an immigration station in Janos, Chihuahua, for medical checkups and to determine their legal status in Mexico, the agents said.
The unaccompanied minors and the families later were taken to a shelter run by DIF, the government’s child and family services agency.
The unidentified driver was arrested and turned over to the Mexican federal police for further questioning.
ProVideo in Juarez, Mexico, contributed to this report.
