17 Bangladeshi migrants held in Guatemala

Guatemalan authorities yesterday held 33 undocumented migrants from Nepal and Bangladesh while being transported in a bus on the outskirts of the capital and presumed to be trying to make it to the US, reports AFP.
The group, all men, was arrested on Sunday in the east of Guatemala City during a police operation triggered by a tip-off about possible smuggling of migrants in the area, the police said in a statement.
There were 16 Nepalese and 17 Bangladeshis on the bus, the statement said, adding that they were also suspected of wanting to enter the United States. They were taken to a hostel run by the state migration service in the south of the capital.

17 Bangladeshi migrants held in Guatemala

Guatemalan authorities yesterday held 33 undocumented migrants from Nepal and Bangladesh while being transported in a bus on the outskirts of the capital and presumed to be trying to make it to the US, reports AFP. The group, all men, was arrested on Sunday in the east of Guatemala City during a police operation triggered by a tip-off about possible smuggling of migrants in the area, the police said in a statement. There were 16 Nepalese and 17 Bangladeshis on the bus, the statement said, adding that they were also suspected of wanting to enter the United States. They were taken to a hostel run by the state migration service in the south of the capital.