News outlets from across Latin America, the U.S. and Europe worked together to publish multiple stories on the illegal and sometimes deadly use of cargo trucks to smuggle thousands of people.
A new collaboration from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and media partners in Latin America, Europe and the United States documented nearly 19,000 migrants’ journeys to the U.S. border under dangerous conditions.
The investigation Cargo trucks: a trap for migrants, led by Noticias Telemundo and the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP) found that the illegal use of cargo trucks to smuggle people across Mexico is on the rise, as are accidents and deaths involving migrants and trucks. This is happening as the Mexican government, pressured by the United States, toughens its policies to limit the record number of people crossing its territory in recent years, pushing migrants to find dangerous and often deadly ways to travel.
