BREAKING NEWS-Truck Trailer Overturns, 49 People Killed

MEXICO CITY – At least 49 migrants died in Mexico on Thursday (9/12/2021) local time or Friday (10/12/2021) after the trailer truck in which they were hiding to enter United States of America (USA) hit the retaining wall. The large vehicle overturned on the territory of Chiapas State.

According to the local prosecutor’s office, 40 other people were injured, three of them seriously. The truck that experienced the tragedy was carrying 107 people.

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Chiapas is a Mexican state bordering Guatemala and a major transit point for undocumented migrants trying to enter the United States.

Chiapas officials said the driver of the trailer truck accelerated and lost control of the highway linking the city of Chiapa de Corzo with the state capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez.

The nationalities of the victims are not yet known. The Governor of Chiapas State, Rutilio Escandón, expressed his solidarity with the victims.

“I have given instructions that the injured receive immediate attention and assistance,” he said on Twitter, as quoted by AFP, Friday (10/12/2021).

“Law enforcement will determine who is responsible,” he continued.

Photographs from the scene show the bodies lined up side by side on the sidewalk, covered in white sheets.

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