Mexico finds more than 100 kidnapped migrants in Sonora

2023-05-07 23:21:10

Among the people rescued are migrants from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ecuador, Honduras and Peru.

A total of 113 people migrantsfrom 13 countries in Latin America and Asia who were deprived of their liberty in a house in the city of San Luis Río Colorado, near the border of Mexico con USAwere located this Saturday (05.06.2023), according to state authorities.

In addition, five people were arrested at the scene for their probable responsibility in the crimes of illegal deprivation of freedom and extortion to the detriment of migrants and their families.

In a statement, the Sonora State Attorney General’s Office reported that, as a result of the investigation into the kidnapping of 10 members of a family of migrants from Colombia – denounced on May 5 – security and ministerial agencies managed to locate the 113 migrant people.

Among the kidnapped people were girls, boys, women and men from countries such as Brazil (12), Colombia (12), Cuba (8), Dominican Republic (4), El Salvador (11), Ecuador (29), Honduras (7 ) and Peru (12). In addition, migrants from Afghanistan (7), Bangladesh (1), the United States (2), India (6) and Nepal (2).

Anti-kidnapping agents from the Criminal Investigation Ministerial Agency (AMIC) and the National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA), the National Guard, the State Public Security Police (PESP) and the San Luis Municipal Police participated in the operation, who carried out the location of the place of captivity and the discovery of people.

The Prosecutor’s Office reported that the victims, upon seeing the presence of police, military and National Guard agents, were happy and applauded their intervention, as well as praying religious prayers.

The kidnapped groups were confined against their will in a house in the El Mezquite neighborhood (neighborhood), in San Luis Río Colorado, where they had been living for several days and in overcrowded conditions. The migrants were transferred to the Municipal Police Academy, where they received medical attention and accompaniment.

On May 5, authorities reported that 10 migrants from Colombia who were kidnapped in the state of Sonora were located and released. The kidnapping of the Colombians occurred on the Sonoyta-San Luis Río Colorado highway, on May 2, when they were traveling to the United States to request asylum.

San Luis Río Colorado is a city in the state of Sonora, on the border with the United States, a place where thousands of migrants arrive throughout the year seeking to cross irregularly to the states of Arizona or California.

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