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Central American death toll rises from Texan migrant truck: Mexico
2022.06.29 16:21
Law enforcement officers work at the scene where migrants were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The number of confirmed fatalities of Central Americans who were trapped inside a trailer truck found in Texas this week has risen, a senior Mexican official said on Wednesday.
Francisco Garduno, the head of the Mexican government’s National Migration Institute (INM), told a news conference that 14 Hondurans, seven Guatemalans and two Salvadorans died alongside the 27 Mexican fatalities announced on Tuesday.
The overall death toll remained at 51, he said.
