In Mexico, a semi-truck with five hundred and thirteen people was found

Two semi-trucks were stopped by Mexican cops and were found to be full of illegal immigrants, as the two tractor-trailers were attempting to smuggle 513 individuals into The United States. Law enforcement in Chiapas, Mexico, detected the illicit cargo with x-ray scanning equipment and discovered hundreds of people in dilapidated conditions were inside the trucks.

Human smuggling operation busted near Guatemalan edge

Mexican authorities busted a small human smuggling operation near the edge of Mexico and Guatemala, in the state of Chiapas. There were checkpoints near Tuxtla Gutierrez that two semi-trucks were driving through. With x-ray equipment, states MSNBC, they found hundreds of people in the trucks. The 513 individuals stumbled across in the two trucks were dehydrated and hungry. They had cargo ropes hanging for the people to hang onto to keep themselves upright during the drive.

More than five different countries work of immigrants stumbled across

There was certainly a variety of individuals in the truck. There were several individuals from different countries involved. The majority of the people were from Guatemala; however, some were not. There were 6 from Nepal, one from japan, 1 from china, 12 from India, 47 from El Salvador and 32 that had come from Ecuador. There were 32 females and 4 kids and the rest were male. Four smugglers were apprehended when they tried to flee, and their human cargo is in the care of Mexican authorities, according to CNN. The smugglers wanted $7,000 per person, according to the Chiapas general, and only had air holes drilled into the top of the trailer. The individuals would be put in different trucks so they could go to the United States after being re-routed in Puebla. In January, a truck containing 219 migrants was discovered in the same region.

Mexico main conduit for immigration to the United States

In order to the get the United States, many illegal immigrants will go to Mexico. Mexican authorities connected with the case, according to the BBC, said that this was the biggest find in recent memory. Coyotes, or coyotaje, are what the human smugglers are known as. They get illegal immigrants across the border for a payment. It is a hard way in for migrants. They could be abused or hurt without any way to look after it. There were 10,000 migrants kidnapped between April and September last year, reports the Christian Science Monitor. There were also 72 migrants killed by the Zetas drug cartel in just August of last year.

Articles cited

MSNBC

msnbc.msn.com/id/43073023/ns/world_news-americas/?GT1=43001

CNN

edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/05/17/mexico.migrants/index.html

BBC

bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13434589

Christian Science Monitor

csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2011/0518/More-than-500-migrants-found-crammed-in-trailers-in-Mexico