Raid frees 15 migrants held captive in Ciudad Juarez

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Authorities in northern Mexico rescued 15 migrants who were being held against their will and arrested five suspected members of a criminal group, officials said.

The raid happened Saturday, April 18, near the U.S.-Mexico border near the Sunland Park area close to Anapra.

Personnel from the State Public Security Secretariat, with support from the Mexican Army, responded to a residence in the Chihuahua neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez after receiving a 911 emergency call reporting that armed men had confined a group of migrants…

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