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(CNN Spanish) --

The National Migration Institute of Mexico identified 133 Central American migrants who were in the refrigerated box of a tractor-trailer and who were transported in an overcrowded situation along the Río Verde highway in the state of San Luis Potosí, reported this Tuesday in a statement.

The authorities indicated that 127 are from Guatemala, 4 from Nicaragua and 2 from Honduras, "who could not verify their regular stay in national territory."

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The INM detailed that of the Guatemalan people, 35 are women and 73 are adult men, 15 minors traveling unaccompanied and another 4 people from the same family nucleus.

Of the 4 Nicaraguans, all belong to the same family nucleus, as do the 2 Hondurans.

"In accordance with and safeguarding their rights, the persons of legal age were taken to the INM offices to begin the migration process that defines their legal situation in Mexico; meanwhile, the foreign family nuclei remained under the tutelage of the System for Integral Development. of the Family (DIF) in the entity", indicated the authorities.

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