MEXICO CITY.— During its second morning press conference, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardorevealed this Thursday that the migrants shot dead on tuesday military in Chiapaswere from Egypt, El Salvador and Peru, he also assured that investigations are already being carried out.
“They are from Egypt, El Salvador and Peru,” said the president when asked about the subject.
The president regretted the event, said that “it has to be investigated and punished,” and stated that the elements of the Secretary of National Defensel (Sedena) who shot at the foreigners are now at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), who will investigate the case.
Sheinbaum Pardo thus referred to the incident that occurred on the night of Tuesday, October 1, in a section between Villa Comaltitlán and Huixtla, municipalities of Chiapas.
According to the information provided, two Mexican Army agents They would have mistaken 33 migrants traveling in 2 vans for alleged criminals, so they shot them and left them at the scene. 4 muertos, 12 injuredof which 2 died after being transferred to a hospital.
On Wednesday, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry confirmed that one of those killed in the incident was from that country, which is why it “strongly” condemned the events that occurred.
In this regard, Claudia Sheinbaum said that the secretary of Governorate, Rosa Icela Rodrígueztogether with the secretary of Foreign Relations, Juan Ramon de la Fuenteare in contact with the embassies of the three nations to support the families of the people who died and are in contact with everything that is required.
He specified that the FGR will be the one to carry out the investigation and determine the responsibility of the soldiers who fired and if there is anyone else involved.
“There is the investigation, it is not only the Military Police that has to carry out the investigation, but the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic and the elements are already made available,” he insisted.
He pointed out that “a situation like this cannot be repeated,” so the necessary measures are being taken and instructed the general secretary of the Sedena, Ricardo Trevilla, so that “this happens like this.”
The events occur after during the six-year term of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), the Armed Forces were given a growing role for security tasks in the country, where 36,000 elements had immigration tasks.
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2024-10-07 13:44:06
