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Mexican immigration authorities find 210 migrants packed into a truck trailer
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The Arab News reported according to the Associated Press, Mexican immigration authorities say they discovered 210 migrants packed into a truck trailer in the central part of the country.


The National Migration Institute said the truck failed to stop as directed at a checkpoint in Puebla state on Friday and it was pulled over after a pursuit near the city of Tecamachalco.




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When the doors of the trailer were opened, agents found women, men and children amid cushions and homemade fans, the institute said. The driver of the truck was detained.


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The discovery came two weeks after authorities found 600 migrants in two trailers in the eastern state of Veracruz.


Source: arabnews