May 18, 2023
Authorities on Thursday, said Mexican police rescued 34 migrants in a farm, who were kidnapped from a bus in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon bordering the U.S.
The migrants were kidnapped in Los Medina, a village near the city of Doctor Arroyo, authorities said.
A statement by the central San Luis Potosi State Attorney General’s Office, said the bus had been found in Nuevo Leon on Wednesday. The two drivers were missing.
Mexico has seen rising involvement of organised crime in the trafficking of migrants en route to the U.S.
This was fueled by the recent withdrawal of a COVID-era border policy that allowed U.S. authorities to swiftly expel many migrants.
REUTERS
