Photo: Sonora Prosecutor’s Office / Courtesy
For: Real America News Updated 19 Apr 2022, 22: 24 pm EDT
The transit of immigrants in Mexico towards the United States does not stop, regardless of the risks that this entails. As an example, a new tragedy in Mexico, where six Guatemalans lost their lives in a road accident.
According to information released by the Sonora Attorney General’s Office, in the north of the country, six migrants died and others 10 were seriously injured, all from Guatemala.
The accident occurred when the driver of the vehicle where the migrants were traveling , bound for the United States, crashed into a trailer and lost control of the unit.
“According to the report prepared by agents of the National Guard, who were the first to arrive at the accident site, it is established that the unit was impacted when cutting traffic to a trailer “, reported the Prosecutor’s Office of yes honor.
After the crash, the driver, whose whereabouts are unknown as he fled the scene of the accident, lost control of the van.
Six people died at the scene, five women and one man, who are unknown. , in addition, their immigration status is unknown since they did not have official identification, visas or passports.
Meanwhile, the wounded, Erica, from 32 years old, Elsa, of , Gladys Aracely, from 24, Astria Gabriela, from 25, Lidia Noemí, from 19, Margarita, of 19, Helen Briseida, of 17, Lydia, of 32, Lydia Sofía, from 32, and Maria, from 27, were transferred to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Meanwhile, expert service agents from the Ministerial Agency for Criminal Investigation went to remove the bodies and carry out the expert opinion to determine the causes of the accident.
In Sonora and other states of the border of Mexico and the United States have constant road or traffic accidents involving undocumented migrants and agricultural laborers.
This tragedy revived the one of the past 9 December, when a trailer overturned in the southern state of Chiapas, in which they died 56 migrants.
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