FGE investigates soldiers involved in the death of migrants: Claudia Sheinbaum

MEXICO CITY. —The president Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Thursday that the soldiers involved in the murder of six migrants in southern Mexico they are disposition of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic. He also stressed that this body must carry out the investigation of the case together with the military police.

Mourning the deaths of the six migrantsoriginating from Egypt, Peru and El SalvadorClaudia Sheinbaum said in her morning conference that it should also be investigated “if there is additional responsibility of commanders or only of the soldiers who fired.”

The six foreigners died Tuesday in the southern town of Villa Comaltitlán, in Chiapas, after a military patrol fired at a truck who tried to flee when she was intercepted, as reported the day before in a statement by the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena).

Behind the vehicle were two cargo vans, the police indicated. Sedena. They also mentioned that in the persecution “military personnel He said he heard explosions Therefore, two elements activated their weapons, stopping one of the trucks from moving.”

The Army confirmed that Four migrants died at the scene and two more died when received medical attention in a hospital. Another 10 were injured. There were 33 foreigners in the van.

Regarding the aggression of soldiers against a group of migrants in Chiapas, President Claudia Sheinbaum (@Claudiashein) said that it is “a regrettable fact and has to be investigated and punished.”

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The president refrained from answering when asked if weapons were found in the truck that was shot at and only indicated that the soldiers involved in the incident are at the disposal of the Prosecutor’s Office, but did not offer details.

The Sedena announced that in the case they are investigating two soldiers, whom separated from their positions.

Peru demands that Mexico investigate the death of migrants

The Mexican authorities established contacts with the embassies of Egypt, El Salvador and Peru to provide care to the victims’ families.

Peru strongly condemned the incidents and announced that he will demand from Mexico an “urgent investigation that clarifies and determines responsibilities.”

Peru and Mexico maintain diplomatic relations at the level of chargé d’affaires after the friction between the previous Mexican president and the Peruvian president Dina Boluarte.

They attack migrants in Mexico

It is not the first time that the military chases and shoots at vehicles in which migrants are trafficked, leaving people dead and injured.

In 2021, in the same area where the chase occurred on Tuesday, a Cuban citizen died and four migrants were injured by shots fired by National Guard agents when they were traveling in a van.

Read: Migrants die after persecution by the Army in Chiapas

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