Tuesday 9 June 2015

Mexican Semi-Truck Stumbled Across With Five Hundred And Thirteen People

By Cornelius Nunev


Two semi-trucks were found carrying a load of 513 illegal immigrants through Mexico to the U.S.. The human cargo was found to be huddled together in extreme conditions by x-ray scanners in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

Finding the human smugglers near Guatemalan border

In Chiapas, which is near the Guatemalan border, Mexican cops stumbled across a human smuggling operation. MSNBC reports that there were two semi-trucks stumbled across, with X-ray equipment, with hundreds of people packed in them while driving through checkpoints near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. Between the two trucks there were 513 individuals who were hungry, dehydrated and holding on for dear life to the cargo ropes that had been strung between the walls for them to keep themselves upright.

The number of immigrants being smuggled came from over five different countries

Those in the trucks were from different countries, not just one. There were 47 from El Salvador, 32 from Ecuador, six from Nepal, on from Japan, one from japan, 12 from India and the rest from Guatemala. Much of the individuals were men. There were 4 children and 32 women though. Four smugglers were apprehended when they tried to flee, and their human cargo is in the care of Mexican cops, according to CNN. Air holes were only accessible on the top of the trailers, according to the Chiapas attorney. Smugglers wanted $7,000 per person smuggled. The trucks were en route to Puebla, where the people would be transferred to different trucks headed for the United States. There were 219 migrants stumbled across in the same region in a truck. This was in Jan.

Mexico main conduit for immigration to the United States

Mexico is where several immigrants travel. This is where they go first if they want into the United States at some point. According to Mexican authorities, a find like this has not happened in a long time. BBC states that it was a fairly big find. Illegal immigrants often have to enlist the help of human smugglers, known as coyotes or coyotaje, who get them across the U.S. edge for a fee. Migrants have little recourse in the event of injury and can be subject to abuse. There were 10,000 migrants kidnapped between April and September last year, states the Christian Science Monitor. There were also 72 migrants killed by the Zetas narcotic cartel in just August of last year.




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