Police Commissioner Leonidas Roque said the migrants were being taken from Costa Rica to Honduras. That route takes them across Nicaragua on their way to the United States.
Roque told local media today that the migrants were found "disoriented" about 12 miles (20 kms) south of Managua. The migrants said the smugglers had robbed them. They said they had walked for three days from the Costa Rican border. They had paid the smuggler between USD 100 and USD 500 for the trip across Nicaragua.