Dozens of Central American migrants killed in Mexico crash
3 years ago

Dozens of Central American migrants killed in Mexico crash

Al Jazeera  

Truck crash in southern Mexican state of Chiapas one of the worst road accidents to hit the country in recent years. At least 54 people, most of them migrants and refugees from Central America, have died after the truck they were travelling in crashed in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said, in one of the worst road accidents in the country in recent years. The Mexican Attorney General’s office said it would investigate the incident, which state officials in Chiapas said claimed the lives of 54 people and injured 58 others. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei wrote on Twitter: “I deeply regret the tragedy in Chiapas state, and I express my solidarity for the victims’ families, to whom we will offer all the necessary consular assistance, including repatriation.” Meanwhile, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called the incident “very painful”, while El Salvador’s foreign minister, Alexandra Hill, said her government was working to see if Salvadorans had died in the crash. In October, authorities in the northern border state of Tamaulipas found 652 mainly Central American migrants jammed into a convoy of six cargo trucks heading towards the US border.

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6 charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash
2 weeks ago

6 charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash

NPR  

6 charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash toggle caption STR/AP AUSTIN, Texas — Six Guatemalans were arrested in Guatemala and in Texas Monday on human smuggling charges linked to a 2021 semitrailer truck crash in Mexico that killed more than 50 migrants, authorities said. According to an indictment unsealed Monday in Laredo, Texas, Guatemalan authorities arrested …

Crossing the Border: A Journey Through Dangers and Desperation
2 months ago

Crossing the Border: A Journey Through Dangers and Desperation

The Quint  

A journalist's journey along the Mexico-US border reveals the perilous journey faced by migrants attempting to cross illegally into the US. Despite the warm welcome offered by Mexican passengers, the passport check and the lack of thorough scrutiny by customs officials highlight the dangers and complexities of crossing the border. The article sheds light on the challenges faced by migrants, …

6 migrants shot dead near Guatemalan border when Mexican army troops open fire
2 months, 2 weeks ago

6 migrants shot dead near Guatemalan border when Mexican army troops open fire

The Independent  

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Mexico vows inquiry after soldiers fire on U.S.-bound migrants, killing six
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico vows inquiry after soldiers fire on U.S.-bound migrants, killing six

LA Times  

Migrants aiming to reach the United States walk on the highway through Suchiate, in southern Mexico’s Chiapas state, in the summer of 2024. Mexican authorities vowed to investigate a deadly incident in which its soldiers opened fire on a truck carrying U.S.-bound migrants near the country’s southern border with Guatemala, killing six and injuring at least 10 others. Soldiers opened …

3 migrants killed and 17 injured when vehicle hits them on a highway in southern Mexico
3 months, 3 weeks ago

3 migrants killed and 17 injured when vehicle hits them on a highway in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Three migrants were killed and 17 were injured Thursday when they were hit by a vehicle on a highway in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca, authorities said. Oaxaca is a key route for migrants seeking to cross Mexico to reach the U.S. border, and accidents involving migrants there are common. Groups of migrants frequently walk along the …

Drug gang turf war dumps dozens of bodies in Mexico truck
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Drug gang turf war dumps dozens of bodies in Mexico truck

Al Jazeera  

Probers say the clash was between the powerful Sinaloa cartel and another gang identified as ‘Chiapas and Guatemala’. At least 19 bodies were discovered in or around a dump truck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said on Tuesday. An initial investigation said the clash was between the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most powerful in Mexico, and …

Mexico: Truck-bus collision in Sinaloa state claims 19 lives, leaves several others injured
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico: Truck-bus collision in Sinaloa state claims 19 lives, leaves several others injured

India TV News  

In a tragic incident, as many as 19 people were killed and 18 others injured in a fiery collision between a truck and a bus filled with passengers in Mexico’s northwestern Sinaloa state on Tuesday. According to local media reports, the accident took place along a coastal highway that connects the beach front cities of Mazatlan and Los Mochis. Bus …

Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico
1 year, 1 month ago

Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti on Wednesday blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border. The contingent, including many women and children, later stopped walking at Huixtla, another town in the southern state of Chiapas, where they tried to get …

Mexico: 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in bus crash in Oaxaca
1 year, 2 months ago

Mexico: 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in bus crash in Oaxaca

India TV News  

A bus carrying 55 migrants met an accident in southern Mexico claiming 16 lives and leaving 29 injured on Friday. 10 Cuban migrants recently Last week, a freight truck crashed on a highway in the neighbouring state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala causing deaths of 10 Cuban migrants died. Mexican authorities generally prohibit migrants without proper documents from …

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico
1 year, 2 months ago

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

The Independent  

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At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico
1 year, 2 months ago

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — At least 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti died early Friday in a bus crash in southern Mexico, authorities said. Last week, 10 Cuban migrants died and 17 others were seriously injured after a freight truck they were riding in crashed on a highway in the neighboring state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala. Mexican authorities …

10 Cuban migrants are killed in a freight truck crash in southern Mexico, 17 seriously injured
1 year, 2 months ago

10 Cuban migrants are killed in a freight truck crash in southern Mexico, 17 seriously injured

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Chiapas — At least 10 Cuban migrants died and 17 others were seriously injured after a freight truck they were riding in crashed on a highway in southern Mexico near the border with Guatemala. Mexican authorities generally prohibit migrants without proper documents from riding buses, so those without the money to hire smugglers often walk along the side of …

2 Mexican migrants shot dead, 3 injured in dawn attack on US border near Tecate, Mexico
1 year, 2 months ago

2 Mexican migrants shot dead, 3 injured in dawn attack on US border near Tecate, Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Two Mexican migrants were shot to death on the Mexican side of the U.S. border in the early hours of Friday morning, Mexico’s National Migration Institute said. Rescue services found a group of 14 Mexican nationals at dawn on Cuchuma Hill near Tecate, a city in the border state of Baja California. In one notable case in …

2 Central American migrants found dead in Mexico after trying to board a moving train
1 year, 2 months ago

2 Central American migrants found dead in Mexico after trying to board a moving train

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Two migrants from Honduras and El Salvador died Wednesday trying to board a moving train in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, authorities said. A sudden surge of migrants last week triggered the closure of one U.S. border crossing and forced Mexico’s largest railroad to suspend dozens of freight trains. Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said …

Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico started with migrant smuggling industry in Darien Gap
1 year, 3 months ago

Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico started with migrant smuggling industry in Darien Gap

Associated Press  

HUEHUETOCA, Mexico — Thousands of migrants riding atop railway cars in Mexico this week or waiting in mile-long lines by the tracks to hitch a ride to the U.S. have triggered the closure of one U.S. border crossing and forced Mexico’s largest railroad to suspend dozens of freight trains. He and other migrants waiting to hop passing trains — some …

6 men killed in ambush in southern Mexico town near Guatemala border known for migrant smuggling
1 year, 3 months ago

6 men killed in ambush in southern Mexico town near Guatemala border known for migrant smuggling

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Prosecutors in southern Mexico said Tuesday that at least six men were killed in an apparent ambush in a township near the Guatemalan border that is known as a migrant smuggling route. Prosecutors in the southern state of Chiapas said the killings occurred Tuesday along a rural road in the township of Siltepec, about 30 miles from …

Migrants among those killed, injured in Mexico bus crash
1 year, 4 months ago

Migrants among those killed, injured in Mexico bus crash

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Many of the passengers on a bus that tumbled down a steep hillside in western Mexico, killing 18 and injuring nearly two dozen, were migrants headed for Tijuana at the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexican authorities said. The Nayarit state prosecutor’s office said it had not yet identified the dead from Thursday’s accident, but said they included 10 men, …

US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect
1 year, 7 months ago

US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — The U.S.-Mexico border was relatively calm as the U.S. ended its pandemic-era immigration restrictions and migrants adapted to new asylum rules and legal pathways meant to discourage illegal crossings. A full day after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted, migrants and government officials on Friday were still assessing the effects of new regulations adopted …

Survivors Of Deadly Mexico Kidnapping Being Treated At Texas Hospital
1 year, 9 months ago

Survivors Of Deadly Mexico Kidnapping Being Treated At Texas Hospital

Huff Post  

A Mexican Red Cross ambulance on Tuesday transports two Americans found alive after their abduction in Mexico last week. via Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and two held captive for days in a remote …

Survivors of deadly Mexico kidnapping being treated at Texas hospital
1 year, 9 months ago

Survivors of deadly Mexico kidnapping being treated at Texas hospital

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and two held captive for days in a remote region of the Gulf coast before they were rescued from a wood shack, officials said Tuesday. Their minivan crashed and was fired …

Mexican Authorities Find 103 Unaccompanied Minors with Several Hundred Migrants
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican Authorities Find 103 Unaccompanied Minors with Several Hundred Migrants

News 18  

Mexican authorities said Monday that 103 minors traveling without adult relatives were among several hundred migrants found in a truck abandoned on a highway. The minors, mostly from Guatemala, were part of a group of around 340 irregular migrants from Central and South America, the National Migration Institute said in a statement. Trucks are one of the most dangerous methods …

4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico to buy medicine, officials say
1 year, 9 months ago

4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico to buy medicine, officials say

LA Times  

A member of the Mexican security forces stands next to a white minivan with North Carolina plates and several bullet holes, at the crime scene where gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas. Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine and were caught in a shootout that …

Mexico: Three migrants dead, 7 injured in highway accident
2 years, 1 month ago

Mexico: Three migrants dead, 7 injured in highway accident

India TV News  

Highlights Three migrants died and around seven were injured on Oct 26 in southern Mexico The accident took place when vehicle they were riding in crashed on a highway Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said 3 dead migrants were from Guatemala Mexico highway accident : Three migrants died and seven were injured on Wednesday when the vehicle they were riding in …

Police kill alleged smuggler in southern Mexico
2 years, 4 months ago

Police kill alleged smuggler in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — An alleged migrant smuggler was killed by police near the Mexico-Guatemala border early Monday after the driver of the pickup truck he was traveling in ignored police officers’ order to stop. The Chiapas state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that five migrants, whose nationalities were not given, were also traveling in the truck with the driver …

400 migrants escape suffocating people-smuggling tractor-trailer abandoned on a Mexican road
2 years, 4 months ago

400 migrants escape suffocating people-smuggling tractor-trailer abandoned on a Mexican road

Daily Mail  

At least 400 migrants escaped from a hot and airless tractor trailer abandoned by a smuggler in the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz on Thursday. At least 94 people were treated for injuries while the rest fled Paramedics treat some of the migrants who were among those found inside and around a tractor trailer ferrying at least 400 people that …

3 migrants dead, 12 injured in Mexico crash
2 years, 5 months ago

3 migrants dead, 12 injured in Mexico crash

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Three migrants and two Mexican citizens are dead and a dozen migrants are recovering from injuries following a highway accident in northern Mexico, the country’s National Immigration Institute said Tuesday. Immigrants smuggling has become increasingly risky in Mexico, with dozens of migrants often found stuffed into freight trucks or buses. On Tuesday, authorities said angry residents of …

Bodies of migrants who died in Texas trailer come to Mexico
2 years, 5 months ago

Bodies of migrants who died in Texas trailer come to Mexico

LA Times  

People carry the remains of Jair Valencia Olivares, Misael Olivares and Yovani Valencia Olivares for a funeral Mass in San Marcos Atexquilapan in Mexico’s Veracruz state on Thursday. After days of preparation and donations to cover funeral costs, this mountain community in eastern Mexico on Thursday mourned the return of three young cousins among the 53 migrants who died last …

Bodies of migrants who died in Texas truck returned to Mexico
2 years, 5 months ago

Bodies of migrants who died in Texas truck returned to Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Mexico bringing back bodies of 25 victims who died in a truck that was abandoned in the sweltering heat in San Antonio. After days of preparation and donations to cover funeral costs, a mountain community in eastern Mexico on Thursday mourned the return of three teenagers who were among the 53 migrants who died inside an abandoned truck in southern …

Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives
2 years, 5 months ago

Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS, Honduras — Children set out hoping to earn enough to support their siblings and parents. “You think that when people have a higher level of education, they have to get more employment opportunities,” said Karen Caballero, the brothers’ mother. The boys had grown up friends and did everything together: playing, going out, even planning to go to the …

Four dead after truck carrying migrants crashes in Texas
2 years, 5 months ago

Four dead after truck carrying migrants crashes in Texas

Al Jazeera  

The incident comes days after 53 people died in the deadliest human smuggling incident in US history. Two Mexican men, one Guatemalan national and another unidentified person died in Thursday’s crash, the Mexican consulate in the Texan border city of Laredo said in a statement. The driver, a US citizen, was hospitalised along with two people thought to be from …

San Antonio migrant deaths lead to slow effort to ID victims
2 years, 5 months ago

San Antonio migrant deaths lead to slow effort to ID victims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Guatemala’s foreign ministry said late Tuesday that it had …

US opens criminal probe after 51 people die in Texas truck
2 years, 5 months ago

US opens criminal probe after 51 people die in Texas truck

Al Jazeera  

Joe Biden condemns ‘horrifying and heartbreaking’ deaths as driver of truck and two Mexican men tied to the smuggling incident are taken into custody. The driver of the truck and two other people tied to the smuggling incident were taken into custody on Tuesday, US Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas told the Associated Press news agency. The surviving refugees and …

Truck tragedy a reminder of struggle to stop migrant deaths
2 years, 5 months ago

Truck tragedy a reminder of struggle to stop migrant deaths

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Drowned in the Rio Grande. President Joe Biden, in Europe this week for international summits, said the deaths were “horrifying and heartbreaking.” “Exploiting vulnerable individuals for profit is shameful, as is political grandstanding around tragedy, and my administration will continue to do everything possible to stop human smugglers and traffickers from taking advantage of people who are seeking …

Immigrants found dead inside a tractor-trailer in Texas’ San Antonio
2 years, 5 months ago

Immigrants found dead inside a tractor-trailer in Texas’ San Antonio

Live Mint  

At least 46 immigrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer on the southwest side of San Antonio in Texas, news agency ANI has reported citing the US Media. The truck was found next to railroad tracks in a remote area on the city's southern outskirts, San Antonio's KSAT television reported. Big rigs emerged as a popular smuggling method in the …

Column: Unending deaths of migrants, driven by desperation and U.S. border policies
2 years, 5 months ago

Column: Unending deaths of migrants, driven by desperation and U.S. border policies

LA Times  

Police and onlookers at the scene where dozens of people were found dead in a semitrailer in southwestern San Antonio on Monday. Greg Abbott blamed the deaths on what he falsely characterized as President Biden’s “open border policies,” even though Trump’s most draconian border policies, “Remain in Mexico” and Title 42, a pandemic-related law used to expel migrants, are still …

5 migrants, including child, drown in 2 Mexico accidents
2 years, 7 months ago

5 migrants, including child, drown in 2 Mexico accidents

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Three Honduran migrants drowned off Mexico’s Gulf coast and four were still missing, the governor of the coastal state of Veracruz said Monday. In another incident, immigration officials said a migrant father and his 7-year-old son were found dead in the Suchiate River, which marks the border between Mexico and Guatemala. Migrants frequently wade, swim or take …

Number of migrants detained in Mexico surged 78% in January
2 years, 10 months ago

Number of migrants detained in Mexico surged 78% in January

The Independent  

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Number of migrants detained in Mexico surged 78% in January
2 years, 10 months ago

Number of migrants detained in Mexico surged 78% in January

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The number of migrants detained in Mexico surged 78% in January from a year ago, Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said Monday. Children and youths under age 18 made up 14.5% of the migrants detained, and a total of 780 were found to be unaccompanied by family members, the agency said. Migrants smugglers in Mexico have recently been …

Families of Guatemalan migrants killed in crash want answers
3 years ago

Families of Guatemalan migrants killed in crash want answers

Al Jazeera  

At least 55 people were killed in the crash in Mexico, in one of the deadliest incidents involving migrants for years. Family members of Guatemalan migrants involved in a deadly truck crash in Mexico have said they are desperate for news of their loved ones and feel forgotten by governments that offer few opportunities and no protection on the perilous …

49 migrants dead, 58 injured in truck crash in south Mexico
3 years ago

49 migrants dead, 58 injured in truck crash in south Mexico

The Independent  

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55 dead after truck smuggling migrants crashes in Mexico
3 years ago

55 dead after truck smuggling migrants crashes in Mexico

LA Times  

Bodies in body bags are placed on the side of the road after an accident in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, on Thursday. While the Mexican government is trying to appease the United States by stopping caravans of walking migrants and allowing the reinstatement of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, it has been unable to staunch the flood of migrants stuffed by …

Survivors, witnesses recount Mexico crash that killed 54 migrants
3 years ago

Survivors, witnesses recount Mexico crash that killed 54 migrants

Al Jazeera  

Most of the migrants killed when the truck they were crammed into overturned in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas were from Guatemala, officials have said, as witnesses and survivors recalled the horror of one of the worst roadside crashes involving migrants in Mexico in years. “Thank God, we were in the middle, but the ones on the sides, they …

At least 53 migrants killed in tractor-trailer crash in southern Mexico
3 years ago

At least 53 migrants killed in tractor-trailer crash in southern Mexico

LA Times  

Bodies of migrants who died in a tractor-trailer accident lying on the pavement in Tuxtla Gutierrez, state of Chiapas, Mexico, on Thursday. At least 53 people were killed after a tractor-trailer overturned in southern Mexico on Thursday, one of the worst tragedies in recent memory to befall migrants trying to reach the United States. “I deeply regret the tragedy caused …

Guatemalan police find 54 Haitian migrants in truck trailer
3 years, 1 month ago

Guatemalan police find 54 Haitian migrants in truck trailer

Al Jazeera  

Migrants were ‘transported to the border’ with Honduras, from where they had entered Guatemala illegally. Police in Guatemala have found 54 Haitian migrants, including 14 children, travelling towards Mexico in a truck trailer with the hope of reaching the United States, according to officials. Scores of Haitians have arrived in Central America trying to reach the US, adding to the …

Mexican officers fire on pickup carrying migrants, killing 1
3 years, 1 month ago

Mexican officers fire on pickup carrying migrants, killing 1

Associated Press  

PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico — Mexico’s National Guard said Monday that its officers opened fire when a pickup truck carrying migrants tried to avoid an immigration checkpoint and ram a patrol vehicle, and the gunfire killed one migrant and wounded four others. A statement from the National Guard said the truck ignored orders to stop for an inspection near the town of …

2,000 migrants continue walk through southern Mexico
3 years, 1 month ago

2,000 migrants continue walk through southern Mexico

The Independent  

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Mexico: Thousands of migrants set off from southern city
3 years, 2 months ago

Mexico: Thousands of migrants set off from southern city

Al Jazeera  

Migrants walked along a highway leading west and north towards the US border, before stopping to rest for the night. More than 2,000 migrants and asylum seekers, mainly Central Americans, began walking out of a city in southern Mexico on Saturday where they have essentially been trapped. The migrants walked along a highway leading west and north towards the United …

Over 2,000 migrants march out of southern city in Mexico
3 years, 2 months ago

Over 2,000 migrants march out of southern city in Mexico

The Independent  

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Mexico finds 652 migrants in truck trailers near border
3 years, 2 months ago

Mexico finds 652 migrants in truck trailers near border

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Mexican authorities have discovered 652 Central American migrants in six trailers near the United States border. Authorities said the trucks’ journey appeared to have started in the central state of Puebla and they were trying to reach Monterrey, a key transportation hub for reaching various points on the U.S.-Mexico border. Tamaulipas’ health department said Friday that …

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