translated from Spanish: INM rescues 327 migrants crammed into a house in Cadereyta

Elements of the National Institute of Migration (INM) reported the rescue of 327 migrants in a safe house in the municipality of Cadereyta, Nuevo León, highlighting the presence of 120 minors. The INM reported that the group of migrants, of which nationality was not specified, were in unhuman conditions inside the safe house, mimas that put the lives of the minors at risk. In a statement, the INM, under the Ministry of the Interior, said that in coordination with state security agents “rescued this afternoon 327 migrants, including about 120 minors.” In addition, he pointed out that the migrants “remained overcrowded and in unsanitary and subhuman conditions inside a safe house located in the municipality of Cadereyta, Nuevo León.” The Institute reported that the finding was derived from the work carried out by agents of the State Investigation Agency, who “followed up on the case of a patient from a local hospital who died and was visited by foreigners.” Finally, the state agents located, on Tuesday morning, “the home where several minors and foreign adults were apparently staying, giving notice of it to the INM to carry out a verification visit.” Around 5:00 p.m., federal immigration agents, in coordination with elements of the State Investigation Agency, Municipal Police, Civil Force and National Guard (GN), arrived at the scene and proceeded to rescue the migrants. The INM said that during the inspection of the house “it was found that the 327 foreign migrants remained without water, food and in subhuman, overcrowded, vulnerable and unsanitary conditions that put at risk the lives of minors, women and adults in general.” Migration continues On Tuesday, the INM reported that from January to date it has identified 34,427 minors, accompanied and unaccompanied, who were transiting Mexican territory in an irregular condition. Through a statement, the INM said that this population flow tripled compared to the same period in 2020 in which 11,703 minors, accompanied and unaccompanied, were identified. Read more: In August, Mexico exceeded 259,000 deaths or Covid-19Of the total, 8,525 were traveling alone and 25,902 in the company of an adult, mainly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Communities of Edlorado affected by flooding

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