15 dead, 36 injured after bus carrying mostly Venezuelan migrants crashes in Mexico

A bus carrying principally Venezuelan migrants crashed right into a freight truck Tuesday in central Mexico, killing no less than 15 individuals and injuring 36, native authorities mentioned.

The federal government of Puebla state didn’t say how most of the lifeless have been migrants, however presumably, many of the casualties have been among the many bus passengers, and the federal government mentioned most of them have been Venezuelans.

The accident occurred early Tuesday on a freeway that runs south towards Oaxaca state. The route is steadily utilized by migrant smugglers.

As a result of smugglers typically use unsafe autos and drivers, cram too many migrants in or attempt to evade police, accidents involving these autos aren’t unusual in Mexico.

Oaxaca Gov. Salomón Jara Cruz supplied his condolences to the households of those that died and mentioned the federal government will assist these injured within the accident. 

“We deeply remorse the accident that occurred on the Tehuacán-Oaxaca freeway, at kilometer 91, which occurred a number of hours in the past,” he tweeted in Spanish. “I’ve instructed the heads of the related businesses to collaborate as vital, in addition to present assist to the injured individuals. We ship a hug and our condolences to the households of the deceased, to whom we can even supply our full assist.”

Migrants steadily use vehicles and buses to journey via Mexico to achieve the U.S. border.

In July, 5 Honduran migrants have been killed and one other 18 injured when the van they have been driving in crashed on a street on Mexico’s southern Gulf coast. In February, 17 migrants have been killed when the bus they have been touring in crashed in Puebla.

In 2021, a truck carrying migrants overturned on a freeway close to the southern metropolis of Tuxtla Gutierrez, killing 56 individuals.