The family of the only fatality from the accident on October 12 in San Marcos (Guatemala) has identified her: she is Cuban and her name was Oryalis Cepeda. Her son, Dany Pérez, 16, was also traveling in the damaged vehicle, in which about 20 migrants were traveling.
His aunt and sister of the deceased, Omayda Cepeda, moved from the United States to Guatemala to join her nephew, according to counted to Univision journalist Daniel Benítez. The Guatemalan authorities asked for a DNA test to compare it with Oryalis’s remains and to begin the process of repatriating the body to Cuba.
The Cuban Embassy in Guatemala, however, has not offered official information so far.
The Cuban Embassy in Guatemala, however, has not offered official information so far.
Since the accident two weeks ago, Cepeda has been processing his nephew’s arrival to the United States, but he has not yet completed the procedures. According to the US network, the teenager, who has injuries and burns from the accident in the truck that was transporting them to the southern border of Mexico, arrived in Tapachula on October 17 with his aunt, who hopes that the authorities will agree to grant him custody. . “I’m going to take care of my sister all my life until I’m gone,” he told Univision.
According to the first versions published in Guatemalan media, several Cubans were among the injured. Hours after the accident, local media Unired Canal 21 broadcast a list of the passengers, including two children, Lian Cruz Mora, three years old, and Mía Abreu, six years old.
The rest were: Lisey Mora (23 years old), Yara Sarís (43), Julio Porto (57), Anabel Rodríguez (36), Floralma Rey (33), Miguel Rivera (36), Gabriela Alemán ( 19), José Rodríguez (54), Reynaldo Galván (31), Lili Abreu (36) and Suleidy Blanco (27).
Since the accident, two weeks ago, Cepeda has been processing the arrival of his nephew to the United States, but he has not yet completed the procedures.
Cubans who manage to reach Tapachula on their route to the United States face slowness in requesting refuge at the headquarters of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (Comar). The officials of this entity have been denounced for offering erroneous reports that can lead migrants to be detained and deported.
According to official figures, the two locations available in Tapachula have served 60,496 Cubans until September.
Furthermore, two flights with deported Cubans have departed from the international terminal in less than fifteen days, which the Mexican authorities have disguised as “assisted returns.” The last one was last Saturday, with 37 Cubans (32 men and five women), who were detained at the Siglo XXI immigration station.
This operation was led by Vice Admiral Roberto Gonzáles López, in charge of the offices of the National Migration Institute in Chiapas. The soldier arrived at the airport with 20 Immigration agents to escort the Cubans as if they were criminals. The authorities, for their part, have refused at all times to offer details of the flights and the reasons why the Cubans were returned to the Island.
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