20 November 2024,   13:18
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At least 53 migrants killed, 58 injured in a cargo truck accident in southern Mexico

At least 53 people were killed and many more were injured in a tragic truck accident in southern Mexico on Thursday, with the majority of the fatalities believed to be Central American migrants.

According to the chief of the state Civil Protection Service, Luis Manuel Garca, the disaster occurred when a truck carrying more than 100 people toppled on Thursday afternoon near Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the capital, in southern Chiapas state.

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