Mexican officials find more than 3,000 migrants in two days

FILE PHOTO: Migrants from Central America sit on freight cars and railroads as they wait for the departure of a freight train to continue their journey towards Mexico City, in Tierra Blanca, Veracruz, Mexico December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yahir Ceballos

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican officials found more than 3,000 migrants in the country illegally over the past 48 hours, the government's National Migration Institute (INM) said on Sunday.

The largest groups made up 380 migrants found in the western Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, with one group located in a tour bus and another group found in a trailer, the INM said.