Mexico: an Ecuadorian child and two women from Honduras and Peru die in an attack on migrants

The Attorney General of the State of Sound (North of Mexico), Gustavo Salas Chávez, confirmed this Monday the death of a four-year-old Ecuadorian boy and two women, one of Peruvian nationality and the other from Honduras, following an armed attack by gunmen against a group of migrants who were heading to the border with U.S.

Speaking to journalists, Salas denied the information that initially indicated that the death toll was 50.

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“This number of people never existed, not even those who had passed through the region at that time. Unfortunately, we have to confirm the news of the deaths of three people, a minor and two women“, acknowledged the public prosecutor in Sound.

The events occurred on the night of February 15th, when several trucks left the city of Remodeling towards the international line so that dozens of migrants South Americans will cross irregularly towards the U.S.

Salas indicated that preliminary investigations established that three vehicles, with between 11 and 14 migrants each, were attacked by heavily armed individuals.

At the moment, said the prosecutor, the Mexican Army detained eight people carrying high-caliber weapons, who are being investigated for their probable participation in the attack on migrants.

Likewise, he added that there are other injured victims who are also detained, because apparently they were the people who transported the migrants to the border and who are being investigated by the Attorney General’s Office for the crime of human trafficking.

The armed attack occurred on the road between the municipalities of Altar It is Saric50 kilometers from the US border, on a route used to take undocumented people and families through the desert to Arizona (U.S).

The news only became known three days later, when the law firm 1,800 migrantsBased in New Yorkreported on Sunday afternoon that according to the version of two witnesses there were more than 50 migrants among the victims.

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“We never said how many deaths and injuries there were, this has to be clarified by the Mexican authorities, what we have established based on the testimonies of two witnesses is that there are more than 50 victims of the incident because a greater number of migrants were being transported treated. transported to the border with the United States when the attack occurred“, assured Guilherme Murillodirector of the office, in statements to EFE.

The director of 1800 Migrantes said that fortunately many of the survivors managed to escape the attack area, reach the wall and cross into the United States, where they contacted them to find out how their families are doing.

According to Murillo, survivors indicated that the group of migrants was more than 50 people and that the majority were Ecuadorians, although there were also Peruvians, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Venezuelans and Brazilians.

Source: Elcomercio

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