Mexico City, The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported regarding what happened in Chiapas, where military elements deprived the lives of six migrants who were being transported in three vehicles, that “the military personnel are currently under arrest and investigation for their own reasons.” authorities” and that the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Human Rights (FEMDH) immediately sent a contingent of Public Ministry agents, police, experts and psychologists to Tapachula to carry out all the necessary procedures.
Likewise, he indicated that the elements of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) will be questioned by the Public Ministry of the Federation during the course of this day.
The FGR gave a first report of what “occurred near the border between Tapachula, Mexico and Tecún Umán, Guatemala, Sedena personnel were alerted about armed people; which is why they went to federal highway number 200, near said city from Tapachula, where they found three vehicles, whose people on board, upon seeing the authority personnel, fled, despite having been ordered to stop, ignoring said order, which is mandatory when faced with an act of authority. .
“In the pursuit of said vehicles, the military personnel reported that they were attacked by their crew members; and, therefore, they repelled the attack, stopping a green pickup truck, while the other two vehicles fled.
“In said stopped vehicle, 33 people were found, of which 4 had lost their lives, 12 were injured and 17 were unharmed. According to what some of those people said, the driver fled. Later, it was reported that two of the injured people died in the hospital.”
Likewise, the Federal Public Ministry requested “urgently, from the National Migration Institute, all the information it has in this regard; and the corresponding authorities have been required to identify the State of Mexico license plates that he was carrying.” the truck stopped.”
Likewise, requests are being made to INTERPOL, as well as for international legal assistance to the Republic of Guatemala, to obtain data from that country that can be linked to this investigation.
Meanwhile, with consular assistance and the presence of psychologists and specialized personnel, statements are being made from both uninjured people and injured people who are able to do so.
Regarding the deceased migrants, one from Honduras has been identified; one from Peru; and three from Egypt. Most of the injured and unharmed people have been identified as citizens of Cuba, Nepal, Pakistan, India and Egypt; “which is why the corresponding consulates are being requested for their presence and support for this investigation, as well as for the assistance of the victims.”
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– 2024-10-06 03:48:56
