10 African migrants tortured, held for ransom
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Aug 7, 2024 / 05:22 PM CDT
Updated: Aug 7, 2024 / 05:42 PM CDT
Police rescue victims after 911 call alerting to group walking about ‘erratically and in deplorable conditions’ along a highway
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican police have taken to shelters 10 African migrants they found wandering along a highway south of Juarez after their kidnappers got paid and released them.
The Chihuahua state police on Tuesday fielded a 911 call from a passer-by who alerted them to a group of people walking about “erratically and in deplorable conditions” along the Juarez-Villa Ahumada Highway.
The officers approached the subjects, none of whom spoke Spanish. The Mexican officers were able to strike a conversation in English with the men. They told them they were Sudanese and Moroccan migrants who had been abducted by members of a criminal gang.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/10-african-migrants-tortured-held-for-ransom/
