
Officials from the National Immigration Institute (INM) said the illegal immigrants, among them seven women and two boys, were being held at an INM center pending deportation procedures.
The immigrants identified their captors and said they had promised to smuggle them into the United States for varying amounts of money.
Officials said an anonymous tip led INM agents to the safe house where the immigrants were being held in Villaflores, Chiapas, which borders Guatemala.
The six suspects, in police custody pending charges, reportedly belong to a criminal ring that operates in both Mexico and Guatemala, and is also involved in kidnapping and extortion.
The six are also wanted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, the officials said. Enditem