Mexican police rescue 154 illegal migrants

The Monitor/AP ^ | June 17, 2008

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MEXICO CITY -- Police say they have found 154 illegal migrants inside a semitrailer. Federal police official Arturo Herrera says many of the migrants were suffering from severe dehydration after spending nearly a week cramped inside the semitrailer.

Herrera says police stopped the rig along a highway in the Gulf state of Tabasco. Inside the tractor-trailer, authorities found 140 Guatemalans, seven Ecuadoreans, four Hondurans, two Salvadorans and one Chinese.

The driver was detained and the migrants were turned over to immigration authorities for deportation.

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"...spending nearly a week cramped inside the semitrailer."

Hope they had bathroom facilities in there!

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For what they paid the coyote they probably could have flown first class.

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The driver was detained and the migrants were turned over to immigration authorities for deportation.

It seems that MEXICO has no problem deporting illegal aliens, but tells us that we are being "racist" for wanting to deport illegal aliens.

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migrants were turned over to immigration authorities for deportation

Mexicans deporting illegal immigrants? Oh the huge manatee!!

[Go Gordon]

Rescued or arrested?

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Both.