at-least-11-kidnapped-venezuelan-migrants-are-located-in-a-house-in-mexicoAt least 11 kidnapped Venezuelan migrants are located in a house in Mexico
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By EFE

Aug 23, 2023, 12:34 PM EDT

A group of 11 migrants of Venezuelan origin were located in Monterrey in Nuevo León, Mexico, when they were staying in a house, they were allegedly deprived of their liberty.

The State Investigation Agency (AEI) reported the events recorded on Tuesday at an address in the Terminal neighborhood, in the state capital.

The AEI explained that it responded to the report of a person, who refused to provide their data, who denounced the presence of persons deprived of liberty in the aforementioned place.

When the investigating agents moved to the site, they were able to hear people’s cries for help, coming from inside the building.

The migrants were secured and channeled to the National Institute of Migration (INM).

Although the identities of the Venezuelans were not revealed, it was established that they are six men, aged 6, 15, 17, 30, 37 and 52 years of age, as well as five women aged 9, 25, 33, 32 and 37 years.

These events occur in the midst of an upturn in the migratory flow through Mexico after the initial drop that caused the expiration last May of Title 42 of the United States, as recognized last week by the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

In recent weeks, reports of migrants dying while crossing the Rio Grande have grown, reflecting the unprecedented migratory flow in the region, with more than 2.76 million undocumented migrants intercepted by the United States at the border with Mexico during the year fiscal 2022.

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