Guatemalan immigrants found dead in Mexico truck

Police in southern Mexico have found the bodies of five Guatemalan immigrants who died trapped inside an abandoned truck

Thu, 24 May, 2001 - 19:02

Police in southern Mexico have found the bodies of five Guatemalan immigrants who died trapped inside an abandoned truck

The trailer containing the bodies of four men and a woman was left along a road in Las Choapas in Chiapas state.

Officials believe the migrants died four days ago.

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