Mexico police find 513 US-bound migrants in two trucks in Chiapas
Police in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state found 513 migrants on Tuesday inside two trailer trucks bound for the United States.
Hundreds of thousands of migrants travel through Mexico each year in the hopes of reaching the United States, but this was the largest group rescued in recent years.
Chiapas state police discovered the migrants while using X-ray equipment on the trucks at a checkpoint in the outskirts of city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, the National Immigration Institute said in a statement.
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The migrants told authorities they had agreed to pay $7,000 to be taken to the United States, the institute said.
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It’s a long ride from Chiapas to the US border. Then they have to get across the border. $7,000 is an expensive wager. And over 3.5 million dollars from that many people.