513 People Crammed Into Mexico Semi-Truck

By Cornelius Nunev


Two semi-trucks were stumbled across carrying five hundred and thirteen people in the cargo holds in Mexico, and the trucks were carrying the illegal immigrants to America. Police in Chiapas, Mexico, detected the illicit cargo with x-ray scanning equipment and discovered hundreds of people in dilapidated conditions were inside the trucks.

Human smuggling operation busted near Guatemalan border

In Chiapas, which is near the Guatemalan edge, Mexican cops stumbled across a human smuggling operation. 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. The five hundred and thirteen individuals stumbled across in the two trucks were dehydrated and hungry. They had cargo ropes hanging for the people to hang onto to keep themselves upright during the drive.

More than five different nations work of immigrants found

There was definitely a variety of people in the truck. There were many individuals from different nations involved. 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. There were 32 females and 4 children and the rest were male. 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 available on the top of the trailers, according to the Chiapas lawyer. Smugglers wanted $7,000 per person smuggled. In Puebla, the trucks were to be re-routed. This would have gotten the individuals in the U.S., in theory. In Jan, a truck containing 219 migrants was discovered in the same region.

Mexico main conduit for immigration to the United States

In order to the get the U.S., many illegal immigrants will go to Mexico. BBC states that Mexican cops thought this was one of the biggest finds. Most illegal immigrants pay a fee to get across the United States edge with help from human smugglers, coyotes or coyotaje. Migrants have little recourse in the event of injury and could be subject to abuse. There were 10,000 migrants kidnapped between April and Sept 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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