Galimoto yonyamula anthu 107 ochokera ku Central America, idagubuduka ndikugunda mlatho kumwera. Mexico State of Chiapas, yomwe imadutsana ndi Guatemala.
Pafupifupi anthu 53 osamukira kumayiko ena, omwe adadzaza ndi ozembetsa anthu m'kalavani yolumikizidwa ndi galimotoyo, adaphedwa.
Anthu 21 adagonekedwa m'chipatala, atatu ali muvuto lalikulu.
Pambuyo pa ngoziyi, Celso Pacheco yemwe adapulumuka - yemwe amayesa kufika ku United States - adanena kuti iye ndi anthu ena othawa kwawo ochokera ku Guatemala ndi Honduras adadzazidwa moopsa m'kalavani, ndi ana okwana 10 pakati pawo. Pacheco adati zinkawoneka ngati galimotoyo ikuthamanga kwambiri italephera kuwongolera, mwina chifukwa cha kulemera kwa kalavaniyo.
Zikwama zoyera zambirimbiri zidajambulidwa m’mphepete mwa msewu pomwe ngoziyi idachitikira komanso madontho amagazi amawonekera. Osamukawa akuti adalipira pakati pa $2,500 ndi $3,500 kuti aziwazembetsa kuchokera kumalire ndi Guatemala kupita ku Puebla. Mexico, komwe panthawiyo ankakonzekera kulipira kuti alowetsedwe ku US.
Purezidenti wa Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, adapereka chikalata pambuyo pa ngoziyi, kuti: "Ndikumva chisoni kwambiri ndi tsoka lomwe lachitika m'boma la Chiapas ndipo ndikumva chisoni ndi mabanja a ozunzidwa omwe timapereka chithandizo chonse chofunikira cha nduna, kuphatikizapo kubweza kwawo."
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Following the accident, survivor Celso Pacheco – who was trying to reach the United States – claimed that he and the other migrants from Guatemala and Honduras had been dangerously packed into the trailer, with as many as 10 children among them.
- The migrants had reportedly paid between $2,500 and $3,500 to be smuggled from the border with Guatemala to Puebla, Mexico, where they were then planning to pay to be smuggled into the US.
- “I deeply regret the tragedy in the State of Chiapas and I sympathize with the families of the victims to whom we offer all the necessary consular assistance, including repatriations.