23 Migrants Killed in Failed
Smuggling Attempt in Mexico, another 33 Injured. 3/9/19, Breitbart.
Mexican authorities are investigating a fatal crash that killed 23 Central American migrants and injured 33 in the southern state of Chiapas. The migrants had been packed into a large cargo truck that went off the road falling into a ravine.
The crash took place
this week in Chiapas, along the highway that connects the towns of Soyaló and
Chicoasén, said Chiapas Attorney General Jose Luis Llaven Abarca during a
televised news conference. The victims had all been stuffed in the cargo area
of a Ford Super Duty truck with license plates from Tabasco that went off the
road.
At the scene of the
crash, authorities recovered the bodies of 10 women and 13 men from Guatemala.
First responders provided emergency medical assistance to an additional 33
Guatemalan migrants who sustained various injuries. The driver of the truck and
a co-pilot fled the scene but are being investigated for their role in possible
human smuggling activities.
Authorities believe that
the migrants entered Mexico on March 4 near the border city of Comalapa. It
remains unclear how many entered the country legally and how many snuck in.
Breitbart News reported
that Mexico has seen an increase in Central American migrants entering the
country in order to reach the U.S. Border and request asylum. The practice led to human smuggling
organizations learning to game the immigration system by having migrants
request asylum after crossing the Rio Grande.
The flaws in
U.S. immigration law created a magnet leading to record-setting border apprehension statistics. The new tactic is expected to result
in approximately 900,000 migrants entering the U.S. this year as per estimates
by the Department of Homeland Security.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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