A group of hitmen in Tubutama, Sonora riddled the vehicle with bullets where they were transferred Haitian migrants seeking to reach the United States along the Arizona border. One minor died and eight migrants were injured, the state Attorney General’s Office said in a statement on Sunday.
The incident occurred early Sunday morning, when residents of the region called the 911 emergency number to report the shooting. Authorities activated the protocol Code Red of the ministerial and security forces to carry out a rescue operation for the victimsEFE reported.
They begged residents for help
Residents of the municipality of Sáric, Sonora, reported that all The victims were of Haitian originwho arrived at the town shouting and begging for help from the inhabitants of this community that is located in the Sonoran desert, 54 kilometers of the international line between Mexico and the United States.
“The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Sonora (FGJES) is conducting an investigation into the incident and is also carrying out a search operation in the area between the security forces in the state to find the whereabouts of the alleged perpetrators“they said in the statement.
The burning vehicle
The Sonora Prosecutor’s Office confirmed in a preliminary report that, upon responding to the report, the state and federal authorities, They found in the vicinity of the municipality of Tubutama, the vehicle guy who was set on fire and shot and was transported in a crane for investigation.
Experts from the Criminal Investigation Ministerial Agency processed the crime scene, while the state police, the Mexican Army and the National Guard are looking for those suspected of being responsible for the shooting in which a child died.
A child died
“The events were reported around 01:15 hours on Sunday (07:15 GMT) when The vehicle was attacked with firearms, resulting in the death of a minor and injuries to eight people, five men and three women,” reported the Sonora Prosecutor’s Office.
The wounded and survivors were taken to the IMSS-Bienestar Hospital, closest, to be attended to, EFE shared.
“The security forces of the three levels of Government (municipal, state and federal) They maintain an operation to locate and arrest the criminal group that attacked the migrantsusing air support and ground forces,” the Prosecutor’s Office added, but so far no suspects have been reported arrested.
Criminal gangs fight over the business
Attacks on vans transporting undocumented people from southern Mexico, South America, Africa and Asia are very common in the Sonoran Desert region bordering Arizona, United States, due to the war that exists between criminal gangs that fight over the lucrative illicit business, EFE added.
The gangs of ‘coyotes’as human traffickers are commonly called, pick up their victims in the municipality of Altar, next to the Mexico 2 Federal Highway, from there they leave along the highway that connects from Sáric to Tubutama, to continue their journey to the United States.
This route is occupied by the People who transport migrants use it because of the poor surveillance that exists, which also adds to the complicated situation of the desert and with this allows criminal groups to move migrants seeking to reach the U.S. with the aim of having a better life than what their native country offers them.
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