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December 10, 2021

Truck Carrying Asylum Seekers Crashes in Mexico, Killing 54 and Injuring Over 100
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In Chiapas, Mexico, at least 54 people were killed and over 100 injured
Thursday when a truck carrying migrants overturned. Most of the victims
were people from Central America. Witnesses described a horrific scene,
after the trailer fell on its side, split open and spilled bodies onto
the pavement. The crash came the same week the Biden administration
restarted and expanded the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy for
asylum seekers and after the U.S. and Mexico agreed to crack down on
migrant caravans. Advocates say the policies have forced migrants to
take on more dangerous and clandestine routes to reach the U.S. border.


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