Mexican Officials Find 51 Illegal Immigrants in Truck Using Giant X-ray

Mexican officials using a large X-ray scanner at a checkpoint in the central state of Zacatecas found 51 Central American illegal immigrants.

Migrants are seen in a tractor trailer after being detected by police X-ray equipment in Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas state, Mexico, on July 7, 2019. Secretary of Public Security/Handout via Reuters

MEXICO CITY—Mexican officials using a large X-ray scanner at a checkpoint in the central state of Zacatecas found 51 Central American illegal immigrants in hidden compartments inside a truck.

Footage of the X-ray shows a ghost-like truck filled with the brightened silhouettes of the illegal immigrants, some sitting, others lying down along two levels in the crowded compartments.