2024-04-24 13:11:07
Both the Anti-Kidnapping Prosecutor’s Office of Mexico and the National Migration Institute in Chiapas have responded to the Ecuadorian authorities that no signs of kidnapped migrants were found.
On March 20, upon learning of the information released by Mr. William Murillorepresentative of the organization 1 800 Migrante, about the alleged kidnapping of 95 Ecuadorian migrants near the city of Tapachula, State of Chiapasin Mexicothe Chancellery ensures that the Consulate General of Ecuador in Mexico City immediately requested, both to the Anti-Kidnapping Prosecutor’s Office y al National Migration Institute in Chiapastake appropriate actions to clarify these facts.
In this regard, the Anti-Kidnapping Prosecutor’s Office reported that, following the request of the Consulate General of Ecuador, the Investigative Police of the Operational Command of the Prosecutor’s Office He dedicated himself to searching for the allegedly kidnapped people of Ecuadorian nationality, arriving at the location reported in the media and social networks, without locating any person who was deprived of their liberty.
For its part, the National Migration Institute in Chiapas informed the Ecuadorian Consulate that an operation was carried out in Madero PortChiapas, on March 21, 2024, where the detained people were supposedly located, without finding any signs of kidnapped migrants.
In this context, the Foreign Ministry, through an official statement, stressed that the Mexican authorities have not confirmed the facts reported by the organization. 1 800 Migrants and other accounts on the social network