Mexican authorities have confirmed that eight bodies that washed up on a beach over the weekend were Chinese migrants. The group is believed to have drowned while traveling into the country after entering the country from Guatemala.
The incident began Friday on the Oaxaca coast in an area known as Istomo de Tehuantepec, where several bodies washed up on Vicente Beach. The bodies were of seven women and one man. Another man on the boat survived and is receiving treatment.
Oaxaca’s attorney general’s office released a short statement over the weekend confirming the remains were those of Chinese immigrants. Authorities claimed the group left the city of Tapachula in Chiapas state on the Mexican border on Thursday in a raft. During the trip, the boat capsized.
The state of Oaxaca is investigating who played a role in Tehuantepec’s Istmo
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Mexican authorities have since said they are in contact with Chinese authorities to identify and repatriate the remains.
The drowning incident comes after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador recently said in an interview on 60 Minutes that he would solve the migrant crisis if the U.S. paid billions of dollars each year. It happened amid controversy.
A migrant caravan of Central American migrants is currently moving north through Mexico. As Breitbart Texas reported, these migrants are being escorted by Mexican authorities.
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