The National Institute of Migration in Mexico has announced the rescue of 137 migrants from Egypt and Mauritania who were stranded inside a bus in the state of Veracruz.
Local media reports indicate that early on Thursday morning, officials from the Institute received an anonymous call alerting them to a passenger bus on an old highway. Upon arriving at the scene, they found 137 migrants – 129 from Egypt and 8 from Mauritania. They had been abandoned, as reported by the “Euro Dot US Euro” newspaper in its English edition.
Sources suggest that the migrants were unable to verify their legal residency in Mexican territory, leading to speculations that they might have been attempting to enter the United States illegally.
Among the migrants, unaccompanied minors were discovered. All the adults were transported to a local migration office to handle administrative matters and were provided medical care. The minors, on the other hand, were taken to offices of the “National System for Comprehensive Family Development” (DIF).
