Employees of the National Institute for Migration of Mexico found 600 people from the countries of America, Asia and Africa, illegally crossing Mexico in two trucks, in the state of Veracruz, administrative procedures are underway against them, RIA Novosti reported.

The National Institute for Migration INM of the Ministry of the Interior has announced the start of an administrative process over 600 migrants from 12 countries who were rescued yesterday from the closed bodies of two trailers in the state of Veracruz, the institute's website said.

According to the ministry, among the visitors there are citizens of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ghana, India, the Dominican Republic and Cameroon.

Depending on the legal status of the detainees, the authorities are ready to offer them assistance in returning or provide them with the opportunity to stay in Mexico on a legal basis.

Over the past 12 months, US authorities have detained a record 1.7 million people on the border with Mexico, almost four times more than in the previous period.

This comes amid a tougher stance by the Mexican authorities towards migrants - organized groups of people, as a rule, are dispersed by the security forces, returned to the southern border, or deported in the absence of documents.

Over the nine months of 2021, more than 190 thousand illegal migrants were identified in Mexico - three times more than a year earlier.