Truck driver smuggling migrants through Mexico pulls over after hearing the screams of his cargo: Police find more than 100 people who were trying to reach the US, including a man, 25, who suffocated to death and an abandoned two-year-old boy
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - A 25-year-old male migrant was found dead inside a tractor-trailer abandoned on a highway in Veracruz, Mexico, on Monday
- The man reportedly suffocated to death due to the high temperatures, according to the National Institute of Migration
- Over 100 migrants were being ferried to the U.S. border when the driver pulled over the truck after hearing individuals banging the trailer walls for help
- The driver or his companion opened the trailer's door and majority of the migrants fled without being captured
- Seven adult males, who were suffering from heat-related illnesses, were spotted near the trucks and provided medical assistance
- None of the adults who were interviewed identified themselves as family members of a two-year-old boy was found alone
- The child is reportedly a native of Guatemala and was turned over to office for the State Attorney for the Protection of Girls, Boys and Adolescents
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-30 |