Mexico finds 57 adolescent migrants crammed into truck

27/1/2023 18:44

        Mexican immigration authorities said they found 57 Guatemalan adolescents packed into a trailer on a highway near the U.S. border Thursday.
        
        The National Immigration Institute said the 43 boys and 14 girls were crammed into the truck’s trailer, along with eight men and a woman and her daughter.
        
        All of the adolescents were considered unaccompanied minors, meaning they had no relatives or parents with them.
        
        The vehicle was stopped for inspection on a highway leading to the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.
        
        The driver of the vehicle was detained. The minors were taken to a child welfare facility.
        
        Children are frequently smuggled through Mexico to rejoin parents or relatives who have already emigrated to the the United States.