- Tuesday, March 11, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
TWO Indians were found among at least 94 migrants who escaped from a truck abandoned near the Mexico-US border after the driver of the vehicle fled ahead of a checkpoint, BBC reported.
The incident took place a month after more than 50 people died in similar situations in the US. People travelling in the truck forced a way out of the vehicle to escape the extreme heat. Authorities found at least 94 people in and around the truck on Wednesday (27) night and suspected that more might have run away, the report added.
Paramedics said the truck’s driver abandoned it while approaching the checkpoint.
The foreign ministry of Guatemala said 89 of the people found were Guatemalan and they included adults, children and families, the BBC report added.
José Domínguez, director of civil protection in nearby Oluta, told Reuters that there were also five people from Honduras, four from Ecuador, two from India and one each from El Salvador and Nepal.
Many of the people found were receiving treatment after suffering ankle and knee injuries as they jumped from the top of the truck. One person fell unconscious and was taken to hospital, the paramedics added.
Employees at a petrol station close to where the vehicle was abandoned helped the migrants to flee, Domínguez told Reuters.
Mexican national guard and navy were combing the area looking for more people hiding in the surroundings.
In June, 53 people lost their lives in an abandoned vehicle in San Antonio, Texas, the US in what is described as the deadliest human trafficking incident in American history.
The victims were believed to have died of heat exhaustion and dehydration, as the vehicle lacked air conditioning and they had no water.
