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Guatemala City: Guatemalan police arrested 24 migrants from Haiti and Guinea who were preparing to travel north and illegally enter the United States, a spokesman said on Saturday.
The arrests took place at a bus station on the northern fringes of Guatemala City, according to police spokesman Pablo Castillo.
The group had boarded the bus at Chiquimula city near the Honduran border, a staging post for migrants passing through Guatemala on the way to the US, he added.
“These people include six women and a minor. Twenty are from Haiti and four from Guinea,” he said.All 24 were taken to a migration shelter in the center of the capital city. (AFP)
The arrests took place at a bus station on the northern fringes of Guatemala City, according to police spokesman Pablo Castillo.
The group had boarded the bus at Chiquimula city near the Honduran border, a staging post for migrants passing through Guatemala on the way to the US, he added.
“These people include six women and a minor. Twenty are from Haiti and four from Guinea,” he said.All 24 were taken to a migration shelter in the center of the capital city. (AFP)
