At Least 16 Migrants Killed, 29 Injured in Bus Crash in Southern Mexico

At Least 16 Migrants Killed, 29 Injured in Bus Crash in Southern Mexico
Forensics work over bodies at the scene of a bus accident on the side of the road near Villa de Tepelmeme, Oaxaca state, Mexico, on Oct. 6, 2023. Nemesio Mendez Jimenez/AP
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MEXICO CITY—At least 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti died early Friday in a bus crash in southern Mexico, authorities said.

Mexico’s National Immigration Institute originally reported 18 dead, but later lowered that figure. Prosecutors in the southern state of Oaxaca later said there had been an overcount due to some of the bodies being dismembered, and that the real death toll was 16.