Prosecutor: Bus drivers in league with migrant kidnappers
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Jun 26, 2023 / 02:20 PM CDT
Updated: Jun 27, 2023 / 12:12 AM CDT
Gang filmed beatings of African migrants, sent videos to relatives in U.S. demanding ransom, Sonora AG’s Office says
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A victim who escaped his captors helped Mexican officials arrest two bus drivers allegedly paid to deliver African and South American migrants to an organized criminal group in Sonora.
The information provided by the escapee led to the rescue of 26 migrants from Africa and South America being held for ransom in the town of Sonoyta, the Sonora Attorney General’s Office said.
“The investigation began after we received information that migrants were being hit with wooden boards and recorded to demand a ransom from family members in the United States,” said Brando Saul Muñoz Felix, a prosecutor assisting the anti-kidnapping unit of the Sonora state police.
Investigators showed the escaped migrants photographs of suspects possibly involved in migrant trafficking activities and he was able to identify two of them, the prosecutor said.
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