In Mexico, a complaint by a car rental company reporting the disappearance of tourists and two drivers led authorities to uncover a vast migrant smuggling ring. The migrants had been kidnapped while heading north to the state of Nuevo Leon, which borders the United States.
Days after a deadly fire at a migration center in Ciudad Juarez, which left 40 dead and about 450 injured, this new discovery reveals the terrible dangers facing migrants in Mexico. According to the International Organization for Migration, more than 1,300 people died or went missing along migration routes in 2022.