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Guatemala: Police rescue 126 migrants trapped in a roadside container |
2021-10-10 |
[DW] Most of the Guatemalan police said Saturday they had discovered 126 US-bound Residents raised the alarm after hearing screams from inside the container that was located on a trailer on the side of the road between the towns of Nueva Concepcion and Cocales. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE Police officers were quickly on the scene to investigate the suspicious container. "We heard cries and knocks coming from inside the container. We opened the doors and found inside 126 undocumented people: 106 from Haiti, 11 from Nepal and nine from Ghana," police front man Jorge Aguilar said. The Police then gave them first aid before escorting the The WHY IS THERE SUCH A FLOOD OF Following political instability, an earthquake and tropical floods, Haitians have been trying to reach the United States seeking a better life. Guatemala borders Mexico, which is the main entry point to the US by land. On Friday, Mexican authorities detained 652 Thousands of Since the start of 2021, over 50 of them died as they crossed jungle terrain in the Darien Gap in Panama, on the border with Colombia, according to Panama authorities. Even if they make it to the US most of them face deportation, with 7,500 |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#1 "most of them face deportation" Only a european would believe this. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2021-10-10 10:40 |