BREAKING: At least 49 people were killed and nearly five dozen injured after a cargo truck filled with people believed to be Central American migrants rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico, authorities say.
Bodies in bodybags are placed on the side of the road after an accident in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Dec. 9, 2021.TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — A cargo truck jammed with people who appeared to be Central American migrants rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge over a highway in southern Mexico on Thursday, killing at least 49 people and injuring nearly five dozen others, authorities reported.
Later, rescue workers arranged the dead in rows of white plastic body bags, side by side, on the asphalt. That meant at least 107 people were crowded into the vehicle. It is not unusual for freight trucks in Mexico to be carrying so many people in migrant-smuggling operations in southern Mexico. In October, in one of the largest busts in recent memory, authorities in the northern border state of Tamaulipas found an 652 mainly Central American migrants jammed into a convoy of six freight trucks heading toward the U.S. border.
Migrants involved in serious accidents are often allowed to stay in Mexico at least temporarily because they are considered witnesses to and victims of a crime. Later Thursday, Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said it would offer the humanitarian visas to the survivors.
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