The National Guard rescued more than 100 migrants traveling in a trailer box in Nuevo León

Elements of the National Guard (GN) who carried out patrols in the vicinity of the municipality of General Bravo rescued 108 traveling migrants crammed into a trailer bodyAccording to reports from the National Migration Institute (INM), they came from Central America and tried to cross the border into the United States.

The tractor-trailer was driving along the Monterrey-Reynosa highway, in China’s Entronque La Sierrita section, when police stopped it to conduct a safety inspection. As they approached the cabin and after interviewing people, they realized that the woman in the passenger seat was of Honduran nationality.

Subsequently, They searched the cabin of the vehicle, where they found four people in crowded conditionsLikewise, when approaching the box, several knocks were heard, so they asked the driver to open it to perform the assessment. When they opened the doors, they noticed the presence of 103 more people.

After the operation, the truck driver is included in the National Register of Arrests. Likewise, along with unity, made available to the authorities at the Attorney General of the Republic of the entity, where the corresponding procedure will be performed.

On the other hand, the migrants were given water and their health was monitored. They were transferred to the multipurpose room of the Chinese municipality of Nuevo León, where their data was taken, and later to the facilities of the National Institute of Migration.

According to the site nuevolaredo.tv, authorities of the Extended Family Development (DIF) of the entity reported that 17 among the people were unaccompanied minorsLikewise, at least 40 families made the trip with one or two minors.

In accordance with the provisions of the reforms of the laws on migration and refugees, additional protection and political asylum, issued in November 2020 in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF), Migrant children and adolescents should no longer be held in detention centers. Also, families cannot be separated by the authorities.

For that reason, the families were led to migrant homes in the interior of the state, while unaccompanied minors were transported to the DIF’s Fabriles Shelter.

Migrants are included in the COVID-19 vaccination plan

In a press conference on February 7, 2021, Dr. Gabriela Nucamendi Cervantes, director of the epidemiological surveillance of non-communicable diseases, stated that In Mexico, migrants who “pass by,” as he called them, are considered vaccinated.

As part of a highly vulnerable sector, Mexico has a duty to protect themIn addition the right to health is universal and “the entire population of Mexican territory is protected and that the strategies, be it vaccination, prevention, promotion and care, reach those who need to reach those who need it,” he said.

While no strategy has yet been established for finding and recruiting candidates for the campaign, he says it is is held together with the Mexican population, that is, “as we turn 60 years and older, they too, the population entering this age group is considered to be vaccinated in the specific modules,” he explained.

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