Five people arrested for the case of 39 migrants who died in Mexico

Five people have been arrested so far Mexico in connection with the death of 39 migrants due to a fire in an immigration stay on the border Juarez Cityindicated this Thursday Mexican authorities.

“The General Prosecutor of the Republic he had applied for four arrest warrants. But today at dawn the hearing ended and six arrest warrants were granted.”, detailed in a press conference Sara Irene Herrerías, head of the specialized prosecutor’s office in the field of human rights of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic (FGR).

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He explained that there are three officials of the Migration’s national institute (INM), two private security police officers and the person who started the fire. At the moment, he shared, five of the arrest warrants have been fulfilled, although he did not specify who is the person who has not yet been brought to justice.

On the other hand, Herrerías explained that the FGR requested the documentation that proves the operation of these immigration stations to know what their obligations are “and what were their punishable actions or omissions”.

And he specified that these facilities, called provisional rooms, are created to house “provisionally” to people who do not prove their regular stay in the country and until they are taken to another type of installation of the INM.

Inside the station were several private security employees of the company Camsa SA Private Security Group de CV, whose partners are David Vicente Salazar Gasca and George McPhail Trouyet.

The Secretary of Public Safety and Citizen Protection, Rosa Icela Rodriguez, announced that a first irregularity around the company could be known: it had only reported four security agents with 10 uniforms. “However, the contract with the INM was for 503 elements in facilities located in 23 states of the country.”, shared the secretary.

For this reason, the investigation will continue, which, Rodríguez assured, will determine the responsibilities of the company but also of the INM.

Regarding the origin of the 39 deceased migrants, Rodríguez said that six are Hondurans, seven Salvadorans, 18 Guatemalans, one Colombian and seven Venezuelans.

damage repair

The head of the SSPC said that by instruction of the president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorthe process will begin to achieve reparation for the damage of the next of kin of the victims.

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“We know that the pain caused by a loss of life can never be overcome, but it is our obligation to protect the families of the victims.”, he added.

Finally, both officials assured that they cannot give further details about the investigation since the investigations have to continue and the hearings are taking place.

The Mexican president promised this morning that there will be no impunity after the fire that killed the migrants, but evaded answering whether the head of the National Institute of Migration (INM) will resign, Francisco Garduno Yanezand if the private security company in charge of the immigration station belongs to a Nicaraguan consul.

“There will be no impunity, those responsible will be punished, and I spoke with the prosecutor (general, Alexander Gertz) to ask him not to have any type of consideration other than to do justice. That they act with professionalism, absolute freedom”, he declared this Thursday in his daily press conference.

The scrutiny on the Government of Mexico has grown since Monday’s fire at an INM immigration station in Juarez Cityon the border with the United States, where there were almost 70 migrants from Guatemala, The Savior, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela held for deportation.

Leaked security videos show agents impassive as they migrants The detainees asked that they open the door, and compatriots of the victims have denounced that the tragedy “could be avoided”.

The Mexican president avoided answering this morning if the company Specialized Investigation and Custody Services (Seicsa) was in charge of the private security of the immigration center and is owned by Elías Gerardo Valdés, Nicaraguan consul in New Lion and Coahuilawhich has received multi-million dollar contracts from the Government, as reported by the LatinUs media.

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Similarly, he evaded demanding the resignation of Garduno Yanezhead of the INM, despite the claims of the opposition and human rights defenders.

The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) announced Wednesday that it has identified eight suspected perpetrators of the fire, including two federal agents, a state immigration agent and five agents from the private security company.

Source: Elcomercio

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