African Migrants Kidnapped, Tortured Near US-Mexico Border
Mexican authorities encountered a group of Africans who said they had been kidnapped and tortured until their families paid for their release, according to reports.
On Tuesday, police in the state of Chihuahua came upon 10 migrants wandering along the Chihuahua – Villa Ahumada Highway near Juarez, which lies across from the border from El Paso, Texas.
The migrants, who were presumably bound for the United States, said they had been held against their will by criminals.
“After the intervention, authorities were informed by the victims that four of them came from the African country Sudan, while the remaining six originated in Morocco,” officials told El Diario.
“They communicated with them through a basic interpretation of the English language, in which the group claimed to have been the victim of kidnapping and torture, in addition to being used as a means of extortion against their families.”
The Mexican Red Cross treated the migrants for severe dehydration, malnutrition, and unspecified injuries.
The Africans were taken to a ‘specialized shelter’ for additional care and and investigation has been launched.
In June, 13 migrants from Central America were rescued after being brutally tortured and sexually abused at a cartel stash house in Juarez.
This article was originally published at InfoWars.com
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