VIDEO SHOWS: MEXICAN NATIONAL GUARD TRANSPORTING MIGRANTS RESCUED FROM TRUCK / MIGRANTS RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE / NAVY AND MIGRATION AUTHORITIES LOOKING FOR MIGRANTS / TRUCK WHERE MIGRANTS WERE FOUND / SOUNDBITES FROM CIVIL PROTECTION WORKERS

RESENDING WITH COMPLETE STORY

SHOWS: ACAYUCA, VERACRUZ STATE, MEXICO (JULY 27, 2022) (REUTERS – Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. VARIOUS OF NATIONAL GUARD MOVING MIGRANTS FROM VAN INTO BUS

2. NATIONAL GUARD STANDING BY WHITE VAN

3. VARIOUS OF NATIONAL GUARD ESCORTING MIGRANTS

4. NATIONAL GUARD CARRYING MAN WITH BANDAGED FOOT

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CIVIL PROTECTION PARAMEDIC, CRISTOBAL CISNEROS VALENCIA, SAYING:

“We were told there were close to 400 immigrants travelling in the trailer, when they started to feel suffocated, they hit the roof of the trailer and most of them jumped out. That is why most of the injuries we treated were ankle and knee fractures, with damaged sense of balance. We had to move one person (to a hospital for treatment) because he was unconscious.”

6. NAVY AND MIGRATION WORKERS FROM THE MEXICAN MIGRATION INSTITUTE LOOKING FOR MIGRANTS IN BUSHES

7. MIGRATION WORKERS ESCORTING A MIGRANT

8. VARIOUS OF PARAMEDICS TREATING MIGRANT INSIDE AMBULANCE

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CIVIL PROTECTION PARAMEDIC, KENIA DIAZ, SAYING:

“Afterwards (migrants) wanted to flee the place. Many of them have approached us to receive first aid. Some people preferred to run away because they feared for their well-being."

(REPORTER OFF CAMERA ASKING: How many people have you found?)

"So far we have 98 people."

(REPORTER OFF CAMERA ASKING: What happened? Did they abandon the trailer?)

"Yes, they abandoned the trailer. We found the people, some were unconscious.”

10. VARIOUS OF ABANDONED TRAILER IN WHICH MIGRANTS WERE TRAVELLING

11. MIGRANTS GETTING ON BUS

12. NATIONAL GUARD

13. VARIOUS OF AUTHORITIES AT SITE

STORY: Mexican authorities on Wednesday (July 27) discovered 98 migrants abandoned inside a trailer in the southern town of Acayuca in the state of Veracruz.

A paramedic from the local civil protection group, who was treating the migrants, said some 400 people were believed to have been travelling inside the trailer. Migrants fought their way out when many started to suffocate from lack of oxygen.

Medical personnel treated migrants with knee and ankle injuries. One person was taken to hospital when found unconscious, paramedics said.

Mexico's National Guard and navy patrolled the area looking for migrants hiding in the surrounding bushes where the trailer was left abandoned.

In recent years, hundreds of thousands of Central Americans have crossed through Mexico on their way to the U.S. border. More recently, migrants from other countries such as Cuba and Haiti have also traversed Mexico in an effort to enter the U.S.
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