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Road accident in Mexico leaves four dead migrants
According to the authorities, the accident was due to a mechanical failure, the vehicle ran out of brakes and crashed.
These are the stories that day after day are known and that, without a doubt, are tragedies that migrants have had to live; men, women and children seek to cross into the United States, for a better future, without knowing that they may lose their lives along the way.
Of the 16 injured, and the 4 dead, it has been known that these come mainly from Central America, nine of them are from Honduras, four from Guatemala, and one from Nicaragua.
The accident occurred when the truck tried to stop, on Saturday night, on the southeastern route of the Mexican state of Chiapas.
In official statements, José Leopoldo López, justice of the peace of San Juan Chamula, announced that some of the injured suffered skull and leg fractures, and were taken to the Sam Juan de Chamula hospital.
Due to the impact, the migrants flew out of the unit, and fell on the pavement, which caused the death of some, and left others injured.
And it is that traveling inside trailers, trucks, or trains, are some of the options that migrants seek to pass clandestinely from Mexico to the United States; taking into account that for the transfer they pay a significant amount, without guaranteeing their safety.
