At least 49 Central American migrants died in Mexico after the truck they were hiding in crashed into a wall and overturned in the southern state of Chiapas. This was announced by a source in the local prosecutor’s office. Another 40 people were injured, three of them seriously, according to a first report by investigators. Chiapas, which borders Guatemala, is a major transit area for illegal migrants attempting to reach the United States.
According to an initial reconstruction, the driver of the truck was driving at high speed when he lost control of it on the road that connects the city of Chiapa de Corzo with the state capital, Tuxtla Gutierrez. The governor of the state, Rutilio Escandòn, in a tweet expressed solidarity with the victims of the accident and declared that he had arranged for assistance and attention to be provided to the injured. “The responsibilities will be determined”, he concluded, “according to the law”.