2023-04-28 07:06:02
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the state of Sonora, on the Mexico-Arizona border, reported Thursday night the location of 63 migrants, 43 of them Ecuadorians, thanks to a complaint filed by the consulate for alleged kidnapping. from Ecuador. Thirteen of the foreigners are minors.
According to a statement from the Sonora prosecutor’s office, the migrants were located Thursday morning in the center of Sonoyta, a border town full of safe houses that smugglers often use to cross migrants through the desert into the United States.
The Ecuadorian consulate denounced on Tuesday that some thirty of its citizens could be kidnapped. On Thursday, members of the prosecutor’s office, the army, the National Guard and state and local police located the 63 people, including 43 from Ecuador, nine from Colombia, five from Mexico, four from Venezuela, one from Peru and another from the Dominican Republic.
It is unknown what their fate will be now. On many occasions, they are handed over to the immigration authorities.
Kidnappings are common at many points along the border, from where traffickers extort their families to extract as much money as possible before crossing or leaving them to fend for themselves.
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