A MINIBUS carrying undocumented migrants crashed in eastern Mexico yesterday, leaving at least three people dead and 18 injured, an official said.

The nationalities of those killed were not immediately known, Carlos Escalante, head of the government migrant services office in the state of Veracruz, told reporters.

“Seven Cubans are in serious condition,” he said.

More than 190,000 undocumented foreigners were detected in Mexico between January and September last year, according to authorities.

Human traffickers commonly hide undocumented migrants in trucks bringing them from Guatemala into Mexico, from where they head north to the US border.

Underscoring the dangers facing them, a horrific road accident on December 9 left 56 undocumented migrants dead after the truck transporting them overturned. – AFP, March 16, 2022.