At least 16 migrants, including three children, were killed in a horrific bus crash in southern Mexico on Friday, officials said.
The passenger bus was carrying about 55 Venezuelan and Peruvian asylum seekers in the state of Oaxaca when it overturned, Mexico’s State Protection Coordination said to X, formerly known as Twitter.
At least three of the migrants killed were children, in addition to two women and 11 men, according to the National Migration Institute.
Twenty-nine others were injured, although there was no immediate word on their condition.
The carnage was so bad that the NMI originally reported that 18 were killed, but later lowered the figure – claiming there was an overcount because some bodies were dismembered.
The cause of the crash, and whether other vehicles were involved, is still unclear.
Pictures of the accident showed the passenger bus lying on its side on the curved part of the highway with its top off.
The window on the left side of the bus was shattered, leaving what appeared to be luggage and pieces of the vehicle scattered across the road.
The bus was carrying 55 migrants when it overturned and crashed in southern Mexico.AP
Salomón Jara Cruz, the governor of Oaxaca, said that state officials joined several other national, state and municipal agencies in providing assistance to those involved in the crash.
“We deeply regret the fatal accident that occurred on the Oaxaca-Cuacnopalan highway, where several migrants died,” he said to X. “Our condolences to the family of the deceased and all our solidarity and support to those injured.”
Migrant survivors are being awarded Humanitarian Visitor Cards to enable them to continue receiving medical treatment while in a foreign country, NMI said.
At least 16 people were killed, including three children.REUTERS Most of the victims were from Venezuela and Peru, officials said.REUTERS Twenty-nine others were injured, although there was no immediate word on their conditions.REUTERS
The tragic crash is the latest in a series of migrant deaths in Mexico amid a surge in migrants heading to the US border.
Last week, 10 Cuban migrants were killed — including a minor — and 17 others were seriously injured after the cargo truck they were traveling in crashed on a highway in the neighboring state of Chiapas, near the Guatemalan border.
The institute said the driver appeared to be speeding and lost control of the truck, which was carrying 27 migrants at the time. The driver fled the scene.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.REUTERS
Also in the same Mexican state last week, a truck overturned on a highway in Chiapas, killing two Central American migrants and injuring 27 others.
Many migrants have made the perilous journey across the Mexican border to seek asylum in the US.
In September alone, more than 260,000 immigrants crossed into the US — setting a new monthly record that rivaled the population of citizens living in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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