6 migrants shot dead near Guatemalan border when Mexican army troops open fire

[Judi Lynn]

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE and TUXTLA GUTIERREZ
Updated 9:59 PM CDT, October 2, 2024

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Six international migrants are dead after Mexican soldiers opened fire on a truck carrying a group near the border with Guatemala, Mexico’s Defense Department said Wednesday.

The department said in a statement that soldiers claimed they heard shots as the trucks and two other vehicles approached their position late Tuesday in the southern state of Chiapas, near the town of Huixtla.

Two soldiers opened fire on the truck, which was carrying migrants from Egypt, Nepal, Cuba, India, Pakistan and at least one other country. Soldiers then approached the truck and found four of the migrants dead, and 12 wounded. Two of the wounded later died of their injuries. There was no immediate information on the condition of the other 10.

Local prosecutors confirmed all the victims died of gunshot wounds. The Defense Department did not say whether the migrants died as a result of army fire, or whether any weapons were found in the truck.

More:
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-army-soldiers-kill-migrants-37e0e3f08124cd46703a598ff1b1e7c0