Mexico’s immigration agency announced late Friday night that it found 491 migrants stashed in a compound on the side of the highway east of Mexico.
277 were children or adolescents — most of whom were traveling with relatives. All but six were from Guatemala — the others were from Honduras.
The migrants were being held in a walled compound outside of the city of Puebla along a popular smuggling route.
Smugglers in Mexico frequently hide migrants at such compounds until they can board buses or trucks to the US border.
