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Deported: U.S. Sends 126 Migrants Back to Guatemala

A flight carrying 126 deported Guatemalans, including 90 women, landed in Guatemala City Thursday.
126 Guatemalan migrants who were deported from the U.S. arrive at La Aurora airport in Guatemala City, July 10, 2014.
126 Guatemalan migrants who were deported from the U.S. arrive at La Aurora airport in Guatemala City, July 10, 2014.Pakal Koban / Reuters

A flight carrying 126 Guatemalan migrants, including 90 women, landed in Guatemala City Thursday after they were deported from the U.S.

A growing wave of families and unaccompanied minors fleeing Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are streaming by the thousands into the United States by way of human trafficking networks through Mexico.

— Reuters