Mexican authorities search for 31 kidnapped migrants

Armed criminals abducted 31 migrants traveling by bus in Tamaulipas on Saturday, according to authorities in the northern border state.

Five of the victims were located, but the other 26 remain missing. Tamaulipas security official said that a bus driver reported the abduction of 31 of 36 passengers on the Reynosa-Matamoros highway.  

The bus had left the city of Monterrey, in the state of Nuevo Leon, and was headed to Matamoros across the border from Brownsville, Texas. Abduction is one of the main dangers facing migrants crossing Mexico, along with other threats including road traffic accidents.