MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government said Wednesday it is launching a formal search for 19 migrants who were pulled from a bus last week by armed men in the northern border state of Tamaulipas. Tamaulipas state police, the army, federal police and prosecutors will participate in the search, according to the National Search Commission for Missing Persons. The search effort, dubbed “Operation to Find them Alive,” refers specifically to the 19 men snatched in the more recent incident. We have already had two cases like that.”Officials said there were indications the missing men had hired a smuggler to get them over the border. But it was unclear why the smugglers would have used such an elaborate and violent plan to meet the migrants.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2019 20:27 UTC