International News: Bus crash in Mexico claims lives of 18 migrants

By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: Mexican authorities have confirmed the deaths of 18 migrants who were travelling in a bus on a highway linking Oaxaca and Puebla.

According to the Associated French Press, 3 of those who died were minors and most of them traveling in the bus were from Venezuela and Haiti.

Photos from the accident showed the wreckage of the bus lying on its side on a highway winding through hills.

Recently, thousands of migrants from Central and South America have been traveling across Mexico in hopes of reaching the U.S. border.

Authorities have warned about the dangers of traveling in overcrowded trailers and atop freight trucks.

Migrants run the risk of fatal accidents, kidnapping by criminal groups and extortion by corrupt officials.

The US-Mexican border is the “world’s deadliest migration land route,” with 686 deaths and disappearances in 2022, the IOM said last month.

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