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Mexican Authorities Arrest 135 Migrants in Border State Hotel
22 Feb 2021
Mexican authorities detained 135 Central American migrants headed for Texas who were weathering the recent winter storm in a Nuevo Leon hotel. The arrests come as authorities note a spike in human smuggling activities.
Late last week, Mexico’s National Immigration Institute carried out the operation at the Palacio Hotel in downtown Monterrey where they found 135 migrants, including 49 minors, and some as young as 2-years-old. The group also included 43 women and 43 men, all from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Prior to the raid, Nuevo Leon State Police officers and detectives with the State Investigations Agency surrounded the building. They later checked for individuals acting as human smugglers, but did not find any leaders. The migrants reportedly refused to speak with authorities about their travel arrangements. Law enforcement officials at the scene told Breitbart Texas that smugglers routinely
An 8-year-old Honduran boy was swept into the frigid water of the Rio Grande and drowned as he attempted to cross into the United States with his family, Mexican officials said Thursday.
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Honduran migrant boy, 8, drowned after he tried to follow his family into the United States dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.