- 126 migrants attempting to get to the US were abandoned in a shipping container in Guatemala.
- After locals heard screams and shouts, they were rescued, BBC News reported.
- The majority of the migrants were from Haiti, plus 11 from Nepal and nine from Ghana.
Police in Guatemala found and freed 126 migrants abandoned in a locked shipping container.
They were discovered by the side of a road between the towns of Nueva Concepción and Cocales after locals heard screaming and shouting from inside the container, the BBC reported.
“We heard cries and knocks coming from inside the container. We opened the doors and found inside 126 undocumented people,” a police spokesperson said, as per the BBC.
It’s believed the migrants were left on the side of the road by smugglers paid to take them to the US via Mexico.
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