Mexico detains almost 6,000 foreign migrants in four days

FILE PHOTO: Members of the Mexican National Guard stand guard at a military checkpoint, as part of a security operation to reduce violence and the influx of migrants crossing towards the U.S., in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico detained almost 6,000 foreign migrants in a four-day span, the country's National Migration Institute (INM) said on Monday.

The majority of the 5,688 migrants detained from April 21 to 24 were found in safe houses, trailers, or hidden in bus compartments or truck cabins, the INM said in a statement.