More than 120 Migrants Found in Abandoned Truck in Mexican Town Bordering Texas

A National Guard officer stands guard in the Agujita area in Coahuila state, Mexico, on Aug. 7, 2022. Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP via Getty Images

The Mexican National Guard on Wednesday recovered 121 migrants, including several minors, in the back of an abandoned semi-trailer truck in a northern Mexican town bordering Texas, according to a report.

“National Guards went to the place and had contact with the vehicle, dry box type, parked on the shoulder of the road,” the security body said in a statement, EFE news agency reported.