Mexico begins crackdown on migrant smugglers after Friday’s deadly crash

Mexico has announced that it would begin a crackdown on migrant smugglers after Friday’s deadly crash that left 54 dead, and over a hundred injured.

A working group will be made which would consist of Mexico, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Ecuador, and the United States.

The announcement comes just a day after a truck flipped in the Mexican state of Chiapas, killing 54 and injuring over 100 migrants who are still recovering in local Hospitals.

Most of those killed and injured in the incident are believed to be from Guatemala and Honduras. However, authorities are still trying to identify them.

Mexican authorities are also busy investigating the crash and bring those behind the human smuggling to justice. The driver and his partner were also injured in the incident but by the time authorities arrived, they had already fled the scene.

Guatemala’s Foreign Minister Pedro Brolo has urged the US to send money to the region so that illegal migration becomes unappealing.

Migrants don’t just risk their own lives

Illegal immigrants make a long treacherous journey towards the US, and in doing so not only do they risk their own lives but also the people of the countries they go through and ultimately the lives of Americans.

Since illegal immigrants need to be looked after – Even in deadly crashes – The host nation suffers because their resources are then needed to be used to investigate something that should never have existed in the first place.

Once they reach the US and manage the sneak past law enforcement. The migrants are then stationed in shelters, and the funds for the local communities are then slashed or diverted to accommodate their shelters.

Scores of criminals also manage to sneak through pretending to be innocents, and their exploitation, and crimes are then reported throughout the US.

Post-COVID, not only criminals, but the illegal immigrants also bring health risks for the communities they pass through and eventually the community they live with while at the shelters.