- In addition, the subjects deprived several migrants of their liberty, whom they transferred in two vehicles.
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| Several arrested as responsible for an armed attack on a bus in Mexico |
Several arrested as responsible for an armed attack on a bus in Mexico
Two subjects identified as presumed responsible in the armed attack against a public transport bus, were detained last Thursday by police officers in the Mexican Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, on the border with the United States.
In addition to the attack on the vehicle, which happened last Wednesday night, the subjects deprived several migrants of their liberty, whom they transferred in two vehicles.
Subsequently, the attackers were detained by agents of the State Public Security Secretariat (SSPE).
According to reports, the driver of the public transport vehicle was driving to the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, when armed subjects aboard several cars blocked his path and shot, with the aim of depriving the people traveling to their liberty. board.
In a statement it was noted that the attackers injured the driver, before which he stopped his journey and fled the place, but managed to notify the authorities about the attack.
The detainees were intercepted driving a van in which they were transporting 23 people from Venezuela.
In total, the agents rescued 29 migrants, originally from Venezuela and Colombia, including 4 minors, 21 men and 4 women who were transferred to the SSPE facilities.
Record migratory flow
Two weeks ago, hundreds of undocumented immigrants, mostly of Venezuelan origin, were evicted by riot police from a camp they set up on the banks of the Rio Grande, the natural border between Mexico and the United States.
Since that date, the migrants have suffered violent acts, such as an attempted kidnapping in a shelter, where they were taking refuge in the Mexican Ciudad Juárez and the attack on Wednesday.
Regarding this problem, the Secretary of State Public Security, Gilberto Loya, explained that the migration problem has changed since 2017.
"Currently the income from human trafficking is greater than that from stupefactions, it is the main source of money for organized crime," he said.
The region is experiencing a record migratory flow to the United States, whose Customs and Border Protection Office detained an unprecedented number of more than 2.76 million undocumented immigrants in fiscal year 2022.
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