Mexico detained 94 illegal immigrants including 10 Nepalis packed into a truck bound for the U.S. border. Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday that nine Bangladeshis were also among the people found near the southern city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, capital of Chiapas state, who were trying to reach the United States, officials said. 

Mexican authorities said the migrants were traveling in inhumane conditions. The driver of the vehicle, who was from central Mexico, was arrested on human trafficking charges.

The truck set out from Huehuetenango, Guatemala, and police detected the migrants with an x-ray at a checkpoint outside Tuxtla Gutierrez after midnight on Monday. The non-Asian migrants were from the Central American nations of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

According to Mexico’s National Migration Institute, several of the migrants were treated for hand and leg injuries, and some struggled to breathe due to the “overcrowded conditions” on the truck.

The entire group, which included seven minors, is likely to face deportation proceedings. 

Published on: 25 July 2013 | Republica