メキシコの交通事故：ベネズエラ人が多数死亡

　migrantsというからどんなもんだと記事を見たらベネズエラ人。ああ…と得心した次第。

BBC Mexico bus crash: 15 migrants killed as bus collides with trailer 22 Aug 2023　By Bernd Debusmann Jr

「At least 15 migrants are dead and 36 others injured after a bus crash in central Mexico, local authorities said.

The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, were traveling in the state of Puebla when the crash took place early on Tuesday morning.」

　経済が苦境に陥ってもう何年になるだろう。こそっと抜けてUSAにもぐりこみ、そこで一旗揚げようという人たちがすっごくいるわけだ。そしてそういう人たちを食い物にするhuman smugglersも。

「Migrants are often transported by bus from Mexico's southern border with Guatemala as they head north to the US.」

「According to Mexican media outlets, the highway is frequently used by human smugglers.」

　あとは列挙。7月にも29名が乗ったバスが谷間に落っこちたじゃん！とか。

「Many of them pay smugglers, who illegally transport them in crowded and dangerous trucks on the long journey, and road accidents are common.

In July, for example, at least 29 people were killed when a bus fell into a ravine in Oaxaca.」

　2月には17名が交通事故で死んだでしょ！とか。

「In a separate incident in February, 17 migrants from Colombia and Venezuela were killed in an accident in Puebla.

In 2021, 56 migrants were killed when an overloaded vehicle carrying 160 people overturned on a highway in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez in the southern state of Chiapas. The victims were primarily from Guatemala.」

　2021年には160人を乗せた車がこけて56人が死んだでしょ！とか。どうやって乗せたんだその数字は。