Two human smugglers were arrested and 228 Central American migrants were apprehended after a tractor-trailer touring within the Southern Mexican voice of Chiapas turned into as soon as stopped by federal and voice police.
Federal and voice police from the Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección (SSPC) halted a tractor-trailer with Pepsi logos touring at kilometer 071 in Cintalapa early Monday morning. Whereas conducting an inspection of the Kenworth trailer registered in Veracruz, 228 Central American migrants were chanced on packed within the cargo condo alongside with a load of soppy drink products, in accordance with native media experiences.
Whereas police were talking to the driver identified as Domingo “G.” from Chiapas, they were approached by a second smuggler who tried to bribe the police with cash and a request to continue north. The second man turned into as soon as identified as Manuel “N.” moreover from Chiapas.
The 228 migrants, consisted of males, females, and children, were sure to be from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. They were all provided clinical checks and first attend sooner than being grew to change into over to the custody of Mexican immigration authorities (INM). The 2 smugglers were handed over to investigative personnel of the federal prosecutor’s build of commercial for pending fees of human smuggling.
The Mexican authorities currently stepped up border security and enforcement activities against the fixed wave of Central American migrants. In step with authorities, the migrants boarded the human smugglers’ tractor-trailer in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, and were heading to the southern voice of Oaxaca as half of their deliberate disappear to the US.
Robert Arce is a retired Phoenix Police detective with vast journey working Mexican organized crime and boulevard gangs. Arce has worked within the Balkans, Iraq, Haiti, and currently completed a 3-year task in Monterrey, Mexico, determining of the Consulate for the US Division of Explain, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Program, the build he turned into as soon as the Regional Program Supervisor for Northeast Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas.)
