MEXICO CITY - State and federal police found 79 mostly Central American migrants crammed into a truck's trailer in the northern border state of Coahuila, officials said.
The vehicle had departed the Mexican capital and was headed for the northeastern border state of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila's Security Commission said in a statement Thursday, adding that the migrants were found during a search the night before on Federal Highway 57.
A 48-year-old suspected people smuggler was arrested in the operation and turned over to the federal Attorney General's Office.
The group of undocumented migrants consisted of 33 men, 20 women and 26 minors, seven of whom were unaccompanied by a parent or guardian.
By nationality, the migrants included 43 Salvadorans, 18 Guatemalans, nine Hondurans, six Ecuadorians and three Nepalese
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