Customs and Border Protection sniffer dogs from detecting the migrants at checkpoints.
The rescue comes after 53 migrants died and 10 were injured after they were abandoned inside a sweltering tractor trailer on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, on June 27.Īt least four people, including the driver, have been charged for their roles in what is believed to be the deadliest migrant smuggling incident in United States history.Ī 20-year-old Guatemalan who survived the ordeal told The Associated Press that the smugglers had spread powdered chicken bouillon across the freight container's floor in a move to prevent U.S.
Two days earlier, security forces rescued 280 migrants who were discovered in an abandoned truck on a Córdoba, Veracruz, road near a gas station after someone within the trapped group called 911.Ī total of 53 migrants died and 10 others were injured after they found inside a hot and airless tractor trailer that was abandoned in the outskirts of San Antonio on June 27
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The driver and assistant were taken into custody. On May 6, authorities found 137 migrants who were left locked inside a tractor trailer next to a highway in the northeastern city of Nuevo León. Smuggling networks normally use tractor trailers to transport migrants from the southern border region to the country's border towns across from the United States. One official who declined to be identified told Reuters he believed the smuggler transporting the migrants was inexperienced because the trailer was abandoned before a toll booth where trailers are inspected. Guatemala's foreign ministry issued a different number on Thursday, indicating there were 89 Guatemalans, including 55 adults.Īccording to paramedic Kenya Diaz, some migrants sought help, while others decided to run away, making identification difficult. Thirty-two of those found were from Guatemala, while five Hondurans, four Ecuadorians, two Indians, one Salvadoran and one Nepali were among those on the trailer. Mexican stories say paramedics were able to treat 94 migrants, including some who suffered knee and ankle injuries
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