Mexico urges Washington to rethink its migration policy after road accident killed 55 migrants on a transit route to the US
The death toll is likely to rise, with many of the injured taken to hospital in a serious condition, an official said.
Such tragedies, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said, should move the world to address "the underlying problem" – despair. The National Institute of Migration said it was working to identify the dead, pay for funerals and repatriate bodies. It said survivors will be allowed to stay in Mexico.The death toll is likely to rise, with many of the injured taken to hospital in a serious condition, according to Luis Manuel Garcia, a local civil protection official.
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