Astonishing moment 343 migrants - including 103 unaccompanied kids - pile out the back of ONE tracto

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Astonishing moment 343 migrants - including 103 unaccompanied kids - pile out the back of ONE tractor-trailer that was locked on the side of a Mexico highway

[l] Authorities in the southeastern Mexican state of Veracruz found 343 migrants inside an abandoned tractor trailer on the side of a highway
[l] Of the 343 migrants, 103 were identified as minors who were not traveling with their parents
[l] The children were placed in custody of the Veracruz state family system while the rest of the group is being processed to determine their legal status

By ADRY TORRES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 17:26 EST, 6 March 2023 | UPDATED: 17:51 EST, 6 March 2023

At least 343 migrants, including 103 unaccompanied minors, bound for the United States were rescued from an abandoned tractor trailer in southeastern Mexican state of Veracruz.

The group was being smuggled on a freight container that was found on the side of the Cosamaloapan-La Tinaja highway on Sunday night, the National Institute of Migration said in a statement.

Footage released by the agency showed the migrants being assisted from of the back of the cargo box.



Mexican authorities assist migrants out of an abandoned tractor trailer that was found on the side of a road in the southeastern state of Veracruz on Monday night. Of the 343 migrants who were found inside the cargo box, 103 were identified as unaccompanied minors



Migrants from Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala sit on the ground after they were rescued from a locked tractor trailer that was left stranded on a highway in Veracruz, Mexico, on Sunday night


The group consisted of 212 adults from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Ecuador. There were also 28 people who formed part of Guatemalan and El Salvador.

The National Institute of Migration said most of the unaccompanied migrant children are Guatemalan nationals. The children were placed in the custody of the Veracruz state family services system while the rest of the migrants were expected to be processed per Mexico’s immigration guidelines.

The narrow freight container was outfitted with a metal structure that served as a second floor where some of the migrants were crammed into while the rest remained in the floor level.

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