Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico
Police also arrested four people accused of smuggling the migrants, who are from Central and South America and Asia, Chiapas state prosecutors said in a statement. Prosecutors have also detained two officials of Mexico's National Immigration Institute for allegedly prostituting female Central American migrants in the state of Chiapas More than 500 illegal migrants have been discovered crammed into the trailers of two trucks heading from Mexico towards the US. While most of those on board were thought to be from Guatemala, there were others from Ecuador and El Salvador as well as smaller numbers from as far afield as China, Nepal and India. There were 32 women and 4 children on board, authorities said.
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