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With the arrival of hundreds of thousands of paisanos that since USA travel to different states Mexico to spend the holidays with his family, the Ministry of Tourism and elements of the federal and state forces reported that they would provide special accompaniment to prevent them from being assaulted on the highways. However, last Saturday, December 17, the first armed assault against a migrant caravan.
The State Attorney General’s Office reported that around 8:30 a.m. it received seven criminal complaints for the theft of six vehicles manned by 22 people from the states of California and Arizona, USA and they were heading to Guanajuato, The assault occurred when they were driving along Highway 45, near the Félix U. Gómez (El Muerto) community in the municipality of Enrique Estrada, Zacatecas.
Through a statement, the Zacatecas State Attorney General’s Office reported that the people affected were intercepted by armed men They were stripped of their belongings. The victims of the assault received attention by elements of the Specialized Prosecutor for Human Rights, in coordination with the Secretariat of Zacatecano Migrant; Both agencies have provided advice and support.
On November 29, the Operation Winter 2022 of the Heroes program paisanosto provide care and advice to compatriots that visit Mexico at the end of the year and this assault has already been recorded, of which the Prosecutor’s Office emphasized that there are only material losses.
At noon last Saturday, a caravan of migrants was circulating on Highway 45, bound for the state of Guanajuatowhen at the height of the Félix U. Gómez community, better known as El Muerto, in the municipality of Enrique Estrada, zacatecas They were intercepted by several trucks that forced them to stop. Armed individuals got out of the units, who pointed their guns at them and made them get out of their vehicles.
Immediately the paisanos who were heading to Guanajuato They were stripped of what they had with them and their vans loaded with luggage were taken, leaving them in the middle of the road. Several motorists witnessed the armed assault without being able to do anything more than notify the security authorities.
In recent days, the Secretary of Tourism of the Government of Mexico, Miguel Torruco Marqués, announced that the General Directorate of Tourist Services Ángeles Verdes provides special accompaniment to caravans of compatriots who return to the country to enjoy the holidays and December holidays with their families. in their places of origin, through the Operation “Caravan Paisano de Invierno 2022”.