Guatemala police detain 59 migrants, including several Cubans.

This is the second detention of migrants that occurs in Guatemalan territory this week.

Migrantes detenidos en Guatemala © Facebook/PNCdeGuatemala
Migrants detained in GuatemalaPhoto © Facebook/PNCdeGuatemala

The National Civil Police (PNC) of Guatemala reported the detention of 59 migrants, including several Cubans, during an operation carried out this Sunday at kilometer 69 on the route to the Pacific.

Along with the Cubans, there were migrants traveling on the Pullman bus from Venezuela, Colombia, Nepal, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Ecuador, "who entered the country irregularly," said the PNC on their Facebook profile, where they also noted that the group included four minors.

Facebook Capture/PNCdeGuatemala

In the operation, the police captured Wilber "N", 42 years old, and Jonathan "N", 27 years old, the driver and assistant of the vehicle, who "were placed at the disposal of a court," they mentioned.

For their part, the foreigners were given the necessary care and were then transported by bus from the police station where they were located to the Guatemalan Migration Institute for the necessary procedures, as indicated in the statement.

This week, twenty-seven migrants of Cuban nationality were detained by the PNC during an operation in which they detected a bus with 70 irregular individuals traveling through the Central American country.

The arrest occurred at kilometer 69.6 in the Escuintla sector, in the capital of the country, where the police intercepted a bus C-120BVZ belonging to the Pacific transportation line.

In the vehicle, in addition to the 27 Cubans, there was a citizen from Uzbekistan, another from Chile, a Brazilian, three from Russia, two from China, and nine from Venezuela.

In addition, there were four from Ecuador, four from Vietnam, as well as four from India, eight from Haiti, and six from Honduras, for a total of 70 people among them 11 children.

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