The group of traffickers has been brought before the prosecutor, told AFP a source of the Mexican army. Another source from the federal police said that the migrants were "heading to the United States." A repatriation procedure was initiated against them.
Earlier Saturday, police discovered another 99 Central American migrants, mainly from Honduras and El Salvador, in the neighboring state of Tabasco (southeast), who had apparently been abandoned in a truckload of goods.
"Among them were 41 minors" without residence permits in Mexico detailed the secretariat to Public Security in a statement.
Since October 2018, the United States has faced an influx of illegal migrants on its border with Mexico, which has tended to worsen relations between Washington and Mexico City.
In June, the United States threatened to impose tariffs on products imported from Mexico if the government of Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador did not put a stop to the arrival of migrants, originating in large majority of poor and violent countries in Central America, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras in the lead.
Under pressure, Mexico has deployed more than 21,000 soldiers: 6,000 on the southern border – where most of the migrants arrive – and 15,000 in the north, on the border of 3,200 km that separates it from the United States.
After tightening controls at the northern border, 82,000 people were arrested in July, a decrease of 21% compared to June.
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