Around 87 migrants released from a house in Mexico City

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MEXICO CITY, 27 March, 2021 (TON): About 87 migrants locked up by the human traffickers have been rescued by the Mexican police.

The media said citing the Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection in Puebla state that the group of Central American migrants, including children, were heading towards the U.S. when they were held for three days in Amozoc. 

Authorities launched a search and found 45 women, 26 men and 16 children from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

According to the Secretariat, the traffickers were apparently supposed to bring the group north to the city of San Luis Potosi, but left them behind at the house.

However, further details of the case were not immediately known.

 

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