Thread: Mexico finds 81 Central Americans stashed in truck

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Mexico finds 81 Central Americans stashed in truck


By Robin Emmott
REUTERS

11:41 a.m. July 12, 2007

MONTERREY, Mexico – Troops in northern Mexico discovered 81 Central Americans abandoned in a truck near the U.S. border after two days in searing heat, darkness and no food or water, the government said Thursday.
Mexican soldiers found the migrants, including women and children, squeezed together lying down in the truck near a military checkpoint Wednesday outside the small town of Hualahuises in Nuevo Leon state near the Texan border after hearing voices inside.

It was not clear why the truck had been abandoned.

Hidden under a fake floor covered with decorative plants, the migrants were left on the side of a freeway in 95-degree Fahrenheit heat in the semi-desert countryside.

“They were lucky to be alive,â€

Not a bad day's work! That's one rich coyote...$291,600! He's probably staying at the Ritz Carlton and shopping for a new Mercedes. He only needs a couple of those pay loads a year...

Not a bad day's work! That's one rich coyote...$291,600! He's probably staying at the Ritz Carlton and shopping for a new Mercedes. He only needs a couple of those pay loads a year...

Given mejico's immigration policy, they're probably already rotting away in prison.

AmericanMe wrote:

Not a bad day's work! That's one rich coyote...$291,600! He's probably staying at the Ritz Carlton and shopping for a new Mercedes. He only needs a couple of those pay loads a year...

Assuming the tractor-trailer was an older model, you can probably deduct at least $35,000 (maybe more) from the $291,600. Still not a bad haul though.

This will become a daily occurrence right here in the US as Mexican trucks take to our roads!!!