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513 People Crammed Into Mexico Semi-Truck

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  • By Cornelius Nunev


    Two semi-trucks were stopped by Mexican authorities and were stumbled across to be full of illegal immigrants, as the two tractor-trailers were attempting to smuggle five hundred and thirteen people into The United States. Law enforcement in Chiapas, Mexico, detected the illicit cargo with x-ray scanning equipment and discovered hundreds of individuals in dilapidated conditions were inside the trucks.

    Finding human smugglers close to Guatemalan border before they enter

    Mexican authorities busted a small human smuggling operation near the edge of Mexico and Guatemala, in the state of Chiapas. There were checkpoints near Tuxtla Gutierrez that two semi-trucks were driving through. With x-ray equipment, states MSNBC, they found hundreds of people in the trucks. Between the two trucks there were five hundred and thirteen people 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.

    More than five different countries work of immigrants found

    There was surely a variety of individuals in the truck. There were several individuals from different nations involved. Much of the individuals were from Guatemala; however, some weren't. There were 6 from Nepal, one from japan, 1 from china, 12 from India, 47 from El Salvador and 32 that had come from Ecuador. Most of the individuals were men. There were 4 kids and 32 women though. According to CNN, four smugglers were arrested as they tried to get away. The Mexican cops are responsible for what will happen with the human cargo though. The trucks only had air holes drilled to the top of the trailers, and the Chiapas attorney general claims the smugglers demanded $7,000 per person. The trucks were en route to Puebla, where the people would be transferred to different trucks headed for the U.S.. There was a truck in the same area stumbled across in January with only 219 migrants.

    Getting to the U.S. through Mexico borders

    In order to the get the U.S., several illegal immigrants will go to Mexico. According to Mexican cops, a find like this has not occurred in a long time. BBC reports that it was a fairly large find. Coyotes, or coyotaje, are what the human smugglers are known as. They get illegal immigrants across the edge for a payment. If there is an injury or abuse, migrants can't do anything over it. According to the Christian Science Monitor, there were 72 migrants killed by the Zetas drug cartel in August last year while between April and Sept last year, 10,000 were kidnapped.




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