3 Migrants Dead, 12 Injured in Mexico Crash

3 Migrants Dead, 12 Injured in Mexico Crash
Naval police officers patrol the banks of the Suchiate river on the Mexico–Guatemala border in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas State, Mexico, on June 17, 2019. Quetzalli Blanco/AFP/Getty Images
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TAPACHULA, Mexico—Three migrants and two Mexican citizens are dead and a dozen migrants are recovering from injuries following a highway accident in northern Mexico, the country’s National Immigration Institute said Tuesday.

The three dead migrants included a girl from Honduras; the nationalities of the other two remained unclear. The van the migrants were riding crashed in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon.