“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
A total of 18 migrants were rescued by authorities from different levels of government after the foreigners were abducted by armed men who held them in a motel in the city of Santa Ana, in northern Sonora.
According to the victims’ statements, some of them were taken off several passenger buses they were traveling on by armed civilians, and others were kidnapped while they were in a restaurant.
Elements of the Ministerial Criminal Investigation Agency (AMIC) and the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) carried out the operation last Wednesday to rescue the migrants from the Apolo Motel, which is located at kilometer 162 of Mexico Highway 15.
At the site, authorities found three people from Ecuador, four from El Salvador, two from Guatemala, one from India, two from Ethiopia and six from Brazil, although no arrests were reported.
A group of 12 rescued foreigners were taken to the National Migration Institute (INM), where they will be oriented about their legal situation in the country, while six others affected by this crime were taken to the Magdalena de Kino Public Ministry Agency to file the corresponding complaint since they stated that they were taken to this place against their will.
