A new road accident in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, the second in less than a week, left at least ten dead and 25 injured on Sunday among migrants traveling illegally in a truck, AFP reported.

A source in the prosecutor’s office, who wished to remain anonymous, told AFP that the victims were women from Cuba, including a minor.

The truck was partially destroyed in the early morning crash on the Guatemalan border on the coast of Chiapas state, a common route for many migrants seeking to reach the United States.

This is the second such accident in less than a week. On Thursday, in the same state, two migrants were killed and 27 others were injured when a truck carrying them overturned.

In early August, at least 18 people were killed and another 23 injured in the west of the country after a bus carrying mostly migrants fell into a ravine.

In December 2021, 50 migrants died in a truck accident also in the state of Chiapas. Most were from Central America, including Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

Many migrants cross Mexico illegally, crammed into buses, trucks and even freight trains in inhumane conditions, trying to reach the United States.

This weekend in the northern states of Chihuahua and Zacatecas, nearly three thousand migrants were stranded in isolated areas when the freight trains they were traveling in stopped for no apparent reason.

Last week, the largest rail operator suspended 30% of its operations due to the influx of undocumented foreigners.

The US Border Patrol officially recorded 1.8 million migrant crossings on its southern border between October 2022 and August 2023.