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2021-12-12 Caribbean-Latin America
Migrants pledge to press on after deadly accident rattles Mexico
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Some migrants advancing through Mexico vowed on Saturday to press onward towards the United States following a deadly accident in the south of the country that killed dozens of people, mostly from Guatemala.

At least 55 people were killed and dozens more were injured when a truck packed with migrants flipped over in the state of Chiapas on Thursday.

People spilled from the truck carrying an estimated 166 travelers after it crashed on a curve outside the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, causing one of the worst death tolls of migrants in Mexico during the past decade.

The incident comes as the Mexican government tries to stem the number of migrants crossing the territory on their way north toward the U.S. border.

News of the deadly incident rattled migrants who had made their way to the central state of Puebla, many of them families with children. Still, some said they were determined to push forward to the United States or other cities in Mexico despite the risks of the dangerous journey, which can include relying on people smugglers known as "coyotes."

In recent days, dozens of migrants were sent from the southern border city Tapachula to Puebla as Mexican migration authorities attempted to dismantle an improvised camp and head off potential caravans of migrants walking north.

The Mexican government previously promised migrants humanitarian visas and transportation to other cities.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top
 File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants 

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