Around 1.39 million undocumented migrants from 177 countries traveled through Mexico in a bid to reach the U.S. in the first five months of this year, the Mexican government said on Sunday.The figure suggests this year may be on track to bear witness to more migrants entering the country without entry papers compared to last year. Some 2.4 million in total people crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without the correct documents in 2023, according to the Voice of America news outlet.
Others traveled with friends or relatives; some 154,291 people were making the journey with their families.The largest group by country were Venezuelan migrants, with 377,401 people hoping to make a new life in the U.S. Other countries ravaged by economic instability, gang crime, or drug cartel violence were also represented on the list, with people from Guatemala , Honduras , Ecuador , and Haiti completing the list of the top five most-represented countries.
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