US Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector’s Eagle Pass Station 112 Cuban migrants intercepted Wednesday night, US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement.
An Autonomous Watchtower (AST) in Normandy tracked down the group in the Eagle Pass area of responsibility. The agents replied and They met a group of 171 migrants.
There were 74 single adult males, 19 families and one unaccompanied minor. 112 people came from Cuba, 24 from Venezuela, 18 from Colombia, 13 from Peru, three from Nicaragua and one from Chile.
Next, The National Migration Institute of Mexico (INM) rescued 167 migrants of different nationalities in the municipality of Cuautlancingo, Puebla.
Is about 135 people from Guatemala, 20 from Honduras, eight from El Salvador and four from Cuba, from the state of Chiapas, who were hidden in a truck on a vacant lot in that community.
Two people of Mexican nationality were arrested in this action, as was the vehicle used for it probable crime of human trafficking.
More than 32,000 Cubans were taken into custody after entering the United States borders in Marchdoubling the amount reported in February, according to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) figures obtained by the Washington Post.