Migrants shot dead by Mexican army near Guatemala border [Video]

MEXICO CITY –

Mexican army troops opened fire on a truck carrying migrants from a half dozen countries, and six migrants from Egypt, Peru and El Salvador died in an event that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum described Thursday as “deplorable.”

Ten other migrants were wounded in the shooting. Sheinbaum did not say how many migrants from each country had been killed, and Mexico’s foreign relations department was not immediately able to provide details.

Sheinbaum said the two soldiers who opened fire on Tuesday, her first day in office, had been turned over to civilian prosecutors for questioning, but apparently had not yet been charged.

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She said the shootings were being investigated to see if any commanders might face punishment, and noted “a situation like this cannot be repeated.”

It was the worst killing of migrants by authorities …