A van with 26 illegal immigrants that was being escorted by cartel gunmen crashed killing five, sending the rest to local hospitals with serious injuries.
The van was traveling form Monterrey, Nuevo León to this border city with another SUV providing protection when it went off the road and crashed near Cadereyta, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexico’s National Immigration Institute (INM) revealed. After the crash, the men from the escort SUV took the driver and fled the scene leaving behind the 26 illegal immigrants in dire need of medical care.
Four women and one man died at the scene before rescue workers and Mexican authorities were able to rush the rest to various hospitals nearby. According to healthcare officials in Reynosa, at least five children were listed among those receiving emergency medical care.
According to statements from the victims, the driver of the van was going at a high rate of speed and was not able to properly drive through a curve, going off the road and rolling multiple times. Mexican authorities revealed that the victims were all from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
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