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Mexico Uncovers Massive Migrant Smuggling Ring Using Trucks

Associated Press

   MEXICO CITY - Mexican officials say they have uncovered an
   industrial-scale migrant smuggling ring using tractor-trailer rigs
   disguised as freight deliveries for major companies.
   President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday authorities found a
   tractor-trailer disguised with the logo of a major grocery store chain.
   But instead of groceries, it was carrying about 150 migrants.

   And Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said that four or five
   freight trucks found in June carrying hundreds of migrants belonged to
   an independent trucking company. Some of those trucks bore the logos of
   well-known firms.

   The company based in central Mexico operated trucks equipped with
   air-conditioning units, but didn't turn on the ventilation when
   carrying migrants.

   That led officials to believe it was just a matter of time before
   migrants would die aboard the overcrowded vehicles.