Mexican authorities said on Sunday they rescued 147 Central Americans abandoned in the wilderness of Veracruz state, Mexico, after suspected human smugglers forced them out of a cramped tractor trailer they were travelling in on their way to the United States. The migrants, 74 from Honduras, 59 from Guatemala, 13 from El Salvador and one from Nicaragua were in the back of the poorly ventilated vehicle as they travelled to the border state of Tamaulipas, where they would eventually be smuggled into the United States, Mexico's national immigration institute said.