Mexico road crash kills 25 migrants

Migrants from Mexico and Central America leave an overcrowded migrant shelter to look for another place to stay in Ciudad Juarez. Photo: Reuters
Migrants from Mexico and Central America leave an overcrowded migrant shelter to look for another place to stay in Ciudad Juarez. Photo: Reuters

A truck packed with Central American migrants swerved off a highway in southern Mexico late Thursday, leaving at least 25 dead and 29 injured, officials said.

The accident happened in Chiapas state which borders Guatemala, the state attorney general's office said in a statement.