Mexican Authorities Find 206 Migrants Drugged in Abandoned Trailer

View of the Torton-type cargo truck which transported migrants in overcrowed conditions, during a verification operation by members of the National Institute of Migration (INM), in Fortin de las Flores, Veracruz state, Mexico, in this handout photo released on July 16, 2023. INM/Handout via Reuter

Mexican authorities have thwarted the illegal transportation of over 500 migrants attempting to reach the United States, with one shocking incident involving 206 individuals found forcibly drugged inside an abandoned trailer.

On July 15, authorities discovered the 206 migrants abandoned inside the tractor-trailer in Puente Nacional, Veracruz, according to an official from the National Migration Institute (INM).