Mexico Finds 491 Migrants, Including 277 Minors, in Vacant Lot

Mexico Finds 491 Migrants, Including 277 Minors, in Vacant Lot
By Rick Martin First Posted: Aug 07, 2023 12:31 AM EDT

As more migrants from Central and South America head to the US-Mexico border, Mexico's immigration agency stated that authorities rescued 491 migrants who were being held at a compound near Mexico City. The majority of them were Guatemalan migrants.

The compound was on an empty lot by the side of a highway east of the Mexican capital. Of those rescued, almost all were Guatemalan migrants. Only six of them came from Honduras.

According to the Associated Press, among those migrants being held were 277 children and adolescents. While most of these minors were traveling with adult relatives, the Mexican immigration agency stated that 52 of them were unaccompanied minors.

The migrants were found being held in a walled compound near the city of Puebla. It was a route that is often used by migrant smugglers to take people across the US-Mexico border.

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After they were found, the Honduran and Guatemalan migrants were then taken to the offices of the National Immigration Institute. The immigration agency released a statement to CBS News, admitting that they now have the mostly-Guatemalan migrants, including the hundreds of minors who were found with them, in their custody.

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