Dozens of migrants including 71 KIDS are rescued after being locked in sweltering truck on journey to the US
MOVING footage shows the moment more than 130 US-bound migrants – including 71 kids – are found trapped inside the back of a sweltering lorry. The dehydrated Central Americans were only saved when their desperate cries were heard coming from the back of the abandoned truck in Ozuluama, Mexico. Local cops and troops were soon […]
MOVING footage shows the moment more than 130 US-bound migrants – including 71 kids – are found trapped inside the back of a sweltering lorry.
The dehydrated Central Americans were only saved when their desperate cries were heard coming from the back of the abandoned truck in Ozuluama, Mexico.
Local cops and troops were soon alerted and forced open the back doors of the truck, which had been dumped for more than three hours on Federal Highway 180.
In the heartbreaking scenes, dozens of people are seen being helped out of the lorry as one woman is heard telling cops “there are children”.
Many of those emerging from the back of the vehicle can be seen gasping for air in the stifling 33C heat.
The authorities eventually provided medical attention to 134 migrants, many of whom were suffering from dehydration and minor injuries.
On the clip, shirtless men are seen helping others jump down from the back of the lorry while young children are seen sheltering under a canopy.
ABANDONED
Local government officials said the undocumented immigrants came from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
Their final destination was reportedly the United States, however the truck operator abandoned his vehicle before he reached the US border.
Mexico has become the number one route for migrants seeking asylum at its northern border with the US.
Donald Trump has already revealed he plans to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Central American countries over the migration issue.
Migrants have fled in their thousands from poverty and violence in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, joining caravans of families heading on foot through Mexico to reach the US border.
Last week the issue gained worldwide headlines after a heartbreaking picture emerged of a Salvadoran dad and his toddler daughter drowned in the Rio Grande on the border with Texas.
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Just last month, Border Patrol caught 1,036 migrants illegally crossing the US-Mexico border near El Paso – the largest single group ever.
And in May, amazing footage showed Mexican migrants climbing over giant fences along the US-Mexico border using a rope ladder.
Seven – including one woman – were spotted scaling the towering barricade into south El Paso, Texas.
Mexico has since agreed to increase enforcement to curb illegal immigration, including deploying the National Guard to its southern border.
