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Mexico Bus Accident: On Friday (October 6) in Mexico, a bus carrying migrants from Venezuela and Haiti overturned. A total of 18 people, including two women and three children, have died in this accident. According to AFP reports, the accident occurred early in the morning on the highway connecting Oaxaca and the neighboring state of Puebla.
This bus accident happened in the city of Tepelameme, located near the border of Puebla, the neighboring state of Mexico. According to the statement of local officials, a total of 29 people have been injured in the bus accident. The injured have been admitted to hospital. Mexico’s National Immigration Agency said that there were 55 foreign nationals on board the bus. It said that Peruvians were also among the victims.
Traveling by buses, trailers and goods trains
This is a new accident involving immigrants going to America. Thousands of migrants from different countries travel in buses, trailers and goods trains in an attempt to reach the US-Mexico border. Last Sunday, a cargo truck carrying Cuban migrants overturned in Chiapas, killing at least 10 Cuban migrants and injuring 25. The Mexican National Immigration Institute said all the dead Cuban migrants were women and one of them was under the age of 18.
The Mexican government has acknowledged that it is overwhelmed by the number of migrants crossing its territory, the majority of whom are from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti.
More than 189,000 migrants detained
Mexican authorities said they detained more than 189,000 migrants last month, while the US Border Patrol has reported 1.8 million migrants crossing the border between October 2022 and August 2023. US and Mexican officials on Thursday worked to modernize border security and combat irregular migration through law-enforcement measures.
Mexican authorities generally prevent migrants without proper documents from purchasing tickets for regular buses, so those who do not have the money to hire smugglers often hire poorly maintained buses that avoid stops. To move at a fast pace.
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