Mexican authorities rescued 229 migrants Monday from a stolen truck in Veracruz. They had been trapped inside an impound lot after calling for help.
Most were from Central America. Seventeen were minors. Several showed signs of dehydration.
Veracruz is a key transit corridor where smugglers routinely pack migrants into unsafe vehicles to evade detection. Cartels and criminal groups dominate this trafficking route.
The incident marks the largest single interdiction in months - signaling possible early momentum in migration flows after border crossings hit their lowest annual level since the early 1970s in FY2025.