A recent investigation of Latin revealed that company guards Specialized Investigation and Custody Services (SEICSA), were in charge of security at the Ciudad Juárez immigration station, last Monday, March 27, when a fire claimed the lives of 39 migrants.
In the journalist’s section Carlos Loret de Molait transpired that SEICSA belongs to Elias Gerardo Valdes Cabrerahonorary consul of Nicaragua at Coahuila y New Lion. Likewise, through said company, the official has obtained contracts for more than 3 billion pesos from the government of the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
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It was last February 15 when Latin published a document where they reveal that the government of AMLO and the same General Prosecutor of the Republic (FGR), would have delivered more contracts to SEICSA since 2019, when Valdés Cabrera was named honorary consul, for Daniel OrtegaPresident of Nicaragua.
In the report, they point out that one of the SEICSA centers is located in Salitllo, Coahuilawhere they offer information to Nicaraguan migrants.
It should be noted that this afternoon, during the conference of the Federal Security Secretary, Rosa Icela RodriguezThe name of the company in charge of security at the immigration center was not revealed, however, it was said that its operations in Mexico would cease.
In addition to this, the official pointed out that the pertinent investigations would be carried out to confirm that said company had the necessary permits to operate in the country, as well as what type of contract the Migration’s national institute (INM).
Latin cites that, according to a local media, three SEICSA employees were giving a statement to the FGRdue to their participation on the day of the incident, which also left 29 people injured.
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RELATIONSHIP WITH COAHUILA
After the Latinus report, VANGUARD verified the conditions of Specialized Investigation and Custody Services, at its headquarters located in Saltillo, where it was confirmed that, Despite the multiple contracts it has received in these offices, the company is usually closed and with phones offline.
When visiting the surroundings of the enclosure, located in the Ignatius Rayon StreetSEINCSA was padlocked during working hours, and when calling the phones, no one answered, just on February 16.
Residents of the area pointed out that company personnel were rarely seen, and there were days they were open, and others they just weren’tor open only a few hours.
Inside the premises, there was office furniture and, outside it, a vehicle with company logos and information, but with Nuevo León license plates.
In the past, Nicaragua and Coahuila had various meetingsespecially when the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, visited the state, then governed by Ruben Moreira.
CONTROVERSY
According to old reports, it is not the first time that SEICSA has been accused of human rights violations, mainly in events involving migrants.
So says a report from the Coalition of Civil Society Organizationswhich was sent to the HIM in 2016, where they recounted at least 10 assaults by employees of SEICSA y CUSAEM to migrants, when they were traveling on cargo trains on the Apizaco-Guadalajara route.
Then, in 2017, eight civil organizations also sent a report to the UN, where they pointed to the SEICSA staff, hired by Ferromex; according to statements, the elements intimidated defenders and volunteers of the collective Stay of the Migrant González and Martínez.
On another occasion, the National Commission for Human Rights He also put an eye on SEICSA, since the personnel were related to the attack on a Honduran migrant at the “Las Agujas” station, also of the National Institute of Migration (INM), but in Mexico City.
It should be reiterated that SEICSA has been hired by agencies such as the General Prosecutor of the Republiche Wellness Bankhe Institute to Return the Stolen to the Peoplehe Mexican Social Security Institute, Federal Roads and Bridges (Capufe) and, according to Latina dozen federal offices.
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