Mexico detains 3 Bangladeshis for human trafficking
Three Bangladeshis and seven Mexicans accused of moving the migrants to Mexico's northern border with the United States have been detained, Mexican authorities said yesterday.
The authorities have said they broke up the trafficking ring that brought foreigners, including Indians, into Mexico at a huge cost and in grim conditions, with the intent on smuggling them into the United States.
The migrants came from places like India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan, as well as Iran and Somalia, officials added.
The ring was based in Mexico City and the Caribbean coastal state of Quintana Roo, prosecutors said.
In a raid police found 13 people - two from India, five from Bangladesh and six from Nepal - held in unhealthy conditions waiting to be moved by traffickers.
It was not immediately known how many people were trafficked and over what time period.
At least 140,000 people enter Mexico every year trying to reach the United States, according to official estimates.
Most of the foreigners are Central Americans, but the number of Asians has been on the rise, officials say.
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