Mexican authorities search for 31 migrants abducted near the Texas border

Mexican authorities are searching for 31 migrants from five countries who were abducted from a bus near the Texas border over the weekend

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities said Wednesday they are searching for 31 migrants from five countries who were abducted over the weekend from a bus near the Texas border.

The National Guard, Army and Navy are participating in the search, but there have been few advances, Federal Security Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez said.

On Dec. 30, armed and masked men stopped the bus on the highway that connects the border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, Rodríguez said. They made all 36 people aboard get off and then took 31 of them away in five vehicles.

The abducted migrants were from Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras and Mexico, she said.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that four Colombians were among the abducted.