The number of migrants killed in an accident on the Oaxaca-Cuacopalan highway has risen to 17

Mexican authorities raised the number of dead migrants to seventeen on Monday, from Central America, Colombia and Venezuela due to Sunday’s accident on a highway in Puebla.

Bus overturning in Oaxaca kills 15

The accident happened on the Oaxaca-Cuacopalan highway; migrants from South America were traveling in the vehicle

Puebla officials confirmed the death of two other people who were in Tehuacán General Hospital after the accident on the Oaxaca-Cuacnopalan highway at kilometer 88, where fifteen passengers died on the spot.

The Secretary of the Interior of Puebla, Julio Miguel Huerta Gomez, He explained that the truck overturned around 2:30 p.m., so the emergency services came to attend the accident.

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The situation was under control and the local civil protection chief regretted that the unit had remained sealed

At a press conference, he said that 45 undocumented foreigners were traveling on the bus, most from Colombia, Venezuela and Central America.

He reiterated that the balance so far is 17 dead migrants, men and women, while five others are serious.

The Governor of Puebla, Sergio Solomon Cespedesexpressed through his Twitter account that his administration made the entity’s resources available to treat the injured, given its proximity to the accident site.

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Regarding the road accident that occurred in #Oaxaca in the border area with #Puebla, we have made state resources available to provide all facilities and care for the injured. Unfortunately, there are deceased people. We will be vigilant, ”wrote the former federal deputy.

According to Mexican civil organizations, 2022 has been the most tragic year for migrants in Mexico, as some 900 died during this period in their attempt to cross undocumented from the country to the United States.

Deaths of migrants traveling in overcrowded buses have drawn attention, and only on February 7, 14 migrants died in a similar accident in Nuevo LeónBorder state with the United States.

The region is experiencing a record migratory flow, with 2.76 million undocumented immigrants detained at the United States border with Mexico in fiscal year 2022.

Also last year, according to data from the Mexican Refugee Aid Commission (Comar), Mexico received 118,478 applications from migrant asylum seekers, the second highest figure after 2021 with 131,448 cases.

The recent tragedy adds to a long list of accidents in which Central and South American migrants die trying to reach the United States.

A few days ago, the Attorney General’s Office of Nuevo León reported the at the death of 14 migrants who were inside a van in the municipality of Pesquería. The vehicle overturned and fell into a river; the passengers were undocumented.

Of the total number of victims, eight were Guatemalans. Their bodies were repatriated and arrived in their homeland this Sunday, February 19; This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala.

For its part, 2022 has been a deadly year for the migrant community that has crossed Mexico. According to data provided by the United States Border Patrol, more than 800 people died trying to enter this country, while a year earlier there were 546.