Over 200 Migrants Found Trapped In House In Mexico City Without Food, Water - Reports

Mexican authorities have found 230 migrants, the majority of whom were from Central America, trapped in a house in the suburbs of Mexico City without food and drinking water, local media reported

MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th May, 2019) Mexican authorities have found 230 migrants, the majority of whom were from Central America, trapped in a house in the suburbs of Mexico City without food and drinking water, local media reported.

According to the Execelsior newspaper, police and security services arrived at the scene after people living nearby had reported about a suspicious house in the poor neighborhood of Ecatepec. At least 64 minors were among those trapped.

The migrants were released from the house and provided with food and drinking water.

Last fall, a migrant caravan, including thousands of people from Central America, attempted to cross into the United States through its border with Mexico. US border guards repelled the migrants by using tear gas against them. Additional US troops have been deployed to the border area in order to counter the attempted migrant invasion.

The Trump administration has been making efforts to stop illegal migration into the United States, even threatening to close the southern border or impose tariffs on Mexican vehicles imported into the United States.