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Deadly Mexico Trailer Rollover and Peru Road Crashes Prompt Investigations and Driver Searches

Investigators pursue suspects, open negligence cases, verify victims’ identities.

Overview

  • Chihuahua prosecutors and Mexico’s migration institute opened a case for probable negligent homicide after a Kenworth trailer overturned on the Gómez Palacio–Jiménez highway, leaving six presumed migrants dead and two injured.
  • Two survivors of the Chihuahua crash were identified as Salvadorans William Jeferson M. A., 23, and Marlyn Marisol C. M., 24; the trailer operator and reported companions fled and are being sought.
  • In La Paz, a Jeep struck a Toyota on the malecón, sending it onto the sidewalk at Cervecería La México and injuring five; the mayor announced new barriers and inspections as the Jeep driver remains at large.
  • In Lima, Venezuelan motorcyclist Manuel Alejandro Motta Peralta, 21, died on the Panamericana Norte; police began inquiries and restricted traffic while seeking the motorist who initially struck him.
  • A trailer hauling heavy machinery lodged under Lima’s Balta bridge on the Vía de Evitamiento, causing major congestion; authorities and the concessionaire removed the load, and local media reported the driver was detained for legal procedures.