Nine migrants found from group abducted in Mexico – Macau Business

Nine migrants from a larger group that was abducted while traveling through northeast Mexico have been found, local authorities said.

Thousands of migrants fleeing violence and poverty risk abduction and exploitation at the hands of criminal gangs while crossing Mexico on the way to the US border.

The rescued migrants managed to escape from their captors and were found in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, the states Security Minister Gerardo Palacios said on Tuesday.

Six men wandering in a rural area were heard calling for help, before three other people were also located.

The foreigners rescued are between 18 and 35 years old and come from Venezuela and Honduras, the ministers office said on Facebook.

They were part of a group of 50 migrants and two Mexican drivers traveling by bus when they were kidnapped, the National Confederation of Mexican Transporters told local media.

Ransom demands were made for $1,500 per person, it added.

More than 2,100 migrants were abducted in Mexico last year, according to the National Institute of Migration.

Last month, 35 people, including tourists and migrants, were abducted in northeast Mexico.

They were found aboard five vans guarded by armed men in a desert area.

Early this month, authorities also found 10 Colombian migrants who were allegedly kidnapped while trying to cross the border with the United States.

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