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Tractor-trailer full of migrants crashes in southern Mexico, killing at least 55

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Updated December 10, 2021 at 12:58 p.m. EST|Published December 9, 2021 at 9:18 p.m. EST
A tractor-trailer jammed with more than 100 migrants rolled over and hit a pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico on Dec. 9. (Video: The Washington Post)
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MEXICO CITY — A tractor-trailer carrying more than 100 migrants crashed in southern Mexico on Thursday afternoon, killing at least 55 people, according to Mexican authorities.

The crash happened in the state of Chiapas, not far from Mexico’s border with Guatemala. Officials said the victims appeared to be mostly Central American migrants. Dozens of bodies were moved to the side of a main road and covered in bedsheets, towels and body bags.