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Authorities rescue 77 migrants in Oaxaca and Veracruz

Notimex| El Universal
21:10Thursday 19 February 2015

They were traveling in overcrowded conditions. (Photo: Special )

All migrants were taken to the facilities of the National Migration Institute (INM) of each state to initiate the administrative procedure.

The National Migration Institute (INM) rescued 77 migrants in Oaxaca and Veracruz, who were traveling to the United States and were transported in inhumane conditions by suspected human traffickers.

In a statement, the INM reported that migration agents rescued 54 migrants in Oaxaca who were traveling in a truck guarded by suspected human traffickers.

During a migration checkpoint on Tehuantepec-Oaxaca highway, federal agents noticed the foreigners who were traveling in overcrowded conditions.

Of all rescued, 49 are men, including six minors aged between 14 and 16, and five women, including a pregnant woman from Nepal.

Similarly, during a migration checkpoint in the community La Mancha, Veracruz, members of the federal delegation rescued 23 migrants from Guatemala and El Salvador, 21 men and two women, including two unaccompanied minors.

All migrants were taken to the facilities of the INM of each state to initiate the administrative procedure, also they were immediately provided with medical and consular assistance. 



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