The president of Mexico blamed the protest for the fire where the 38 migrants died.
The president of MexicoAndrés Manuel López Obrador, offered his condolences this Wednesday to Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuadorthe countries of origin of the 38 deceased migrants this week in the burning of an immigration station on the northern border.
“I want to express my condolences to the family members, to the inhabitants of the countries where the migrants who unfortunately lost their lives in this fire in Ciudad Juárez originate from,” the president declared in his daily press conference.
“My deepest condolences to the family, to our Venezuelan, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Ecuadorian, Colombian brothers, and to the governments of these countries,” added the president.
The scrutiny of Mexico has grown since the fire on Monday night at a station of the National Institute of Migration (INM), where there were almost 70 migrants whom the Government was going to deport.
Most of the migrants who died, 28, were from Guatemala, while the rest, in addition to another 28 injured, were from the other countries mentioned by López Obrador, who did not provide further details.
“And now the saddest thing is to transmit this regret and take care that the seriously injured are treated, save lives,” said the Mexican president.
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador blamed a protest by migrants for causing the fire, but promised an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR).
“The first thing is to inform, care for the sick and tell the relatives of those who lost their lives that we are going to act responsibly and punish if there is any attitude of fraud, inefficiency, something that has been done. improperly,” he promised.
Before the event, INM agents had carried out an operation to remove migrants begging from the streets.
The presence of migrants in the area has intensified this year since the United States announced new measures, including the immediate deportation of migrants from Haiti, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba that arrive by land under “Title 42”.
He mexican government It has also faced criticism from human rights organizations for accepting US policies and deploying more than 20,000 Armed Forces agents at the borders for immigration tasks.
According to Mexican civil organizations, 2022 was the most tragic year for migrants in Mexico, well close to 900 people died trying to cross without documents from the country into the United States.
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With information from 800 News