Dozens killed after truck packed with people crashes in Mexico
by Tom Phillips and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5SWDP)
At least 54 people dead and 105 left injured after vehicle rolled over on highway close to Guatemala border
At least 54 people have died and 105 been injured after a horrific crash in southern Mexico involving a lorry that was reportedly smuggling mostly Central American migrants towards the US.
The disaster - one of the worst to affect migrants in Mexico in recent memory - took place as the vehicle travelled north from Comitan, a town close to the Mexico-Guatemala border, with as many as 200 people crammed into its container.
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