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Mexico: Close to 600 migrants from 12 countries crammed in two tractor-trailers rescued

Close to 600 migrants from 12 countries were found crammed in the back of two tractor-trailers in eastern Mexico, the country’s National Migration Institute (INM) said on Saturday. Majority of the migrants were from the neighboring state of Guatemala. The migrants were “crammed” into the trailers of two trucks, according to the local head of […]

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6 killed as Mexican military plane crashes near Xalapa airport

Six people from the Mexican military were killed when the plane that they were travelling in crashed in the south eastern state of Veracruz. The Mexican Secretary of Defence in a statement on Sunday said the accident took place in the morning when the air force’s Learjet 45 was taking off from the airport in […]