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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | June 2008 
Mexico News Briefs
 PVNN
Police find 154 illegal migrants inside a semitrailer; three police officers killed in a battle with dozens of gunmen; and more than 500 reptiles and small creatures were found abandoned at the Mexico City airport...
Mexican Police Rescue 154 Illegal Migrants
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Mexico City - Police say they have found 154 illegal migrants inside a semitrailer. Federal police official Arturo Herrera says many of the migrants were suffering from severe dehydration after spending nearly a week cramped inside the semitrailer.
Herrera says police stopped the rig along a highway in the Gulf state of Tabasco. Inside the tractor-trailer, authorities found 140 Guatemalans, seven Ecuadoreans, four Hondurans, two Salvadorans and one Chinese.
The driver was detained and the migrants were turned over to immigration authorities for deportation.
3 Police Officers Killed in Gunbattle in Mexico
Associated Press
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Hermosillo, Mexico - A border-state state governor says three police officers were killed in a running battle with dozens of gunmen that lasted several hours in northern Mexico.
Sonora Gov. Eduardo Bours says one of the gunmen was wounded in Sunday's clash and is being treated at a hospital.
Bours says authorities arrested eight gunmen after the shootout that started in Ciudad Obregon, where the state officer was killed. It ended in nearby Navojoa, where two federal agents were fatally shot.
Bours says officers found grenades, assault rifles and money inside four vehicles seized after the gunbattle.
Hundreds of Scorpions, Snakes Left at Mexico City Airport
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Mexico City — More than 500 reptiles and small creatures are alive and in government custody after they were abandoned at the Mexico City airport for more than a week.
Officials found the shipment of scorpions, turtles, lizards, tarantulas, frogs, salamanders and snakes after their owner failed to pick them up. Many are protected species.
More than 170 have not survived the ordeal.
Mexico's Environment Department said Saturday in a statement that the reptiles that could be saved were sent to a wildlife center and will eventually be returned to their natural habitat.(at)Authorities were investigating why the animals were abandoned. |
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