Thread: Mexican police rescue 154 illegal migrants

Jun 16, 3:36 PM EDT

Mexican police rescue 154 illegal migrants

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Police say they have found 154 illegal migrants inside a semitrailer. Federal police official Arturo Herrera says many of the migrants were suffering from severe dehydration after spending nearly a week cramped inside the semitrailer.

Herrera says police stopped the rig along a highway in the Gulf state of Tabasco. Inside the tractor-trailer, authorities found 140 Guatemalans, seven Ecuadoreans, four Hondurans, two Salvadorans and one Chinese.

The driver was detained and the migrants were turned over to immigration authorities for deportation.

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Next week they will haul produce to the USA in the same truck

They say it's unclear where they were headed. Gee, where do you think they were headed?
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150 Illegal Immigrants Found In Mexican Big Rig

POSTED: 12:58 pm PDT June 17, 2008
UPDATED: 1:52 pm PDT June 17, 2008


TABASCO, Mexico -- Mexican authorities said they found dozens of illegal immigrants from Central America and China, cramped in a semi-truck trailer.


Police in Tabasco said many of the people found were suffering from severe dehydration. The group had spent nearly one week cramped inside the big-rig, officials said.

The truck was discovered after it was stopped along a highway. The driver of the rig had been detained.

Authorities said those found inside the trailer came from Guatemala, Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador and China. It is unclear where the truck was heading.

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