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Six migrants reported missing in Chiapas located in the United States
Six foreign migrants who had been reported missing in Chiapas, Mexico, were located in the United States after Mexican and US authorities exchanged information.
Mexico’s Chiapas state prosecutor’s office said the US Border Patrol agency provided information indicating that the six had entered the United States irregularly.
They are from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Colombia.
Their missing-person reports were filed between 2016 and 2023.
The prosecutor’s office asked to cancel the search notices issued for them, but did not say when or how they were identified.
It also did not say whether they are still in the United States or whether authorities contacted them directly.
Chiapas authorities say they will continue investigating the missing-person complaints and working to protect foreign migrants’ human rights.
Six foreign migrants reported missing in Chiapas were located in the United States after Mexican and US authorities exchanged information.
The Chiapas State Attorney General’s Office said US Customs and Border Protection provided information that the six had entered the United States irregularly.
The group comprises three people from Honduras and one each from Guatemala, El Salvador and Colombia.
Search reports were filed in 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Authorities did not say when the migrants entered the United States, whether they remain there or whether they were contacted directly.
- Who
- Six foreign migrants: three from Honduras and one each from Guatemala, El Salvador and Colombia.
- What
- They were located in the United States after being reported missing in Chiapas.
- When
- The Chiapas State Attorney General’s Office reported the development on October 9; the migrants’ entry dates were not stated.
- Where
- The migrants were located in the United States; their missing-person reports were filed in Chiapas, Mexico.
- Why
- Mexican and US authorities exchanged information to clarify their whereabouts.
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The Chiapas Attorney General’s Office said it will continue investigations related to reports of missing foreign nationals, as well as actions aimed at guaranteeing their human rights.
The first missing-person report for one or more of the migrants was filed.
Further reports concerning the migrants’ whereabouts were filed.
The Chiapas State Attorney General’s Office reported that coordination with US Customs and Border Protection provided information that the six had entered the United States irregularly.
- Migrants located
- 6
- Countries of origin
- Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Colombia
- Honduran migrants
- 3
- Other nationalities
- 1 each from Guatemala, El Salvador and Colombia
- Missing-person report years
- 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2023
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