MEXICO CITY — At the very least 17 migrants are lifeless after the bus they have been touring in crashed within the central Mexican state of Puebla, officers stated Monday.

All of the lifeless have been migrants, together with folks from Venezuela, Colombia and Central America, in keeping with Julio Huerta, the Puebla state inside secretary.

Huerta stated the accident occurred Sunday on a freeway main from the southern state of Oaxaca. He stated the migrants appeared to have been touring with out acceptable paperwork.

Fifteen of the 45 passengers died on the scene, and two extra died at a hospital. 5 have been hospitalized and in crucial situation, and eight others apparently suffered accidents that weren’t life-threatening.

Huerta stated all of the migrants have been adults.

Migrants incessantly use vehicles and buses to journey via Mexico to succeed in the U.S. border. As a result of they’re usually crammed into unsafe, unlawful or clandestine transportation, accidents should not unusual.

In 2021 a truck carrying migrants overturned on a freeway close to the southern metropolis of Tuxtla Gutierrez, killing 56 folks.