The Mexican Red Cross saved the lives of 89 migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador who were abandoned on the Puebla-Veracruz highway, on the Amozoc-Acatzingo stretch, near the municipality of Tepeaca.
It was during Friday night when paramedics from the municipal delegation approached the box of a trailer that was abandoned on the highway, at kilometer 177 heading towards Puebla, according to reports from motorists who passed through the area.
After managing to open the container, the rescuers located dozens of men, women, girls and boys from Central America, who trusted a ‘coyote’ with the promise of taking them to the border of Mexico with the United States, in the north of the country.
“Following a report of an abandoned vehicle with migrants inside, on the Puebla-Veracruz highway, the Tepeaca Delegation of the Red Cross participated in the care of 89 people, including 27 children, providing treatment, medicine and water, complying with our principle of humanity,” the organization said.
As part of the protocol, the paramedics notified the National Guard (GN) and the Puebla State Police of the events, who secured the trailer and requested the intervention of the National Institute of Migration (INM).
The migrants claimed that they had not eaten for three days and it was possible to identify that they were being transported in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, violating their human rights.
Although there were no injuries, the authorities moved the trailer to the facilities of the Attorney General’s Office (FGE) to try to identify its owner and check if it is related to human trafficking activities, a crime that is punishable by up to 15 years in prison in Mexico.
Regarding the whereabouts of the migrants, the INM was responsible for providing them with protection while their legal situation is resolved.
Source: milenio
