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First of all, human rights are respected,
In our country, there is not a state of siege, there are no violations of human rights,
Sheinbaum said, as she promised wage increases for soldiers and sailors A situation like this cannot be repeated.”
This tragedy is not an isolated incident,
the council said in a statement This tragedy arises not as an isolated event, but as a consequence of the militarization of migration policy and an increased presence of armed forces on the southern border of the country, which has been a constant,
according to the statement, which also called for an impartial probe into the incident The 17 unharmed migrants were placed in the custody of the National Immigration Institute,
At approximately 8:50 p.m. on Tuesday Oct. 1, 2024, members of the Mexican Army, while carrying out ground reconnaissance, detected a pick-up style vehicle traveling at high speed,
Upon approaching, military personnel identified 33 migrants of Egyptian, Nepalese, Cuban, Indian, Pakistani and Arabic nationality, of whom four had died, 12 were injured and 17 were unharmed,
Sedena said, apparently referring to Saudi Arabian citizens in the latter case It’s the Attorney General’s Office that has to do the investigation about how the events occurred,
The government of Peru, through its diplomatic representation in Mexico, will demand that the authorities of that country [carry out] an urgent investigation that … determines responsibility for this reprehensible act,
The military personnel administered first aid to the injured and immediately transferred them by vehicle to the General Hospital in Huixtla, Chiapas, where unfortunately two more [migrants] lost their lives,
Military personnel said they heard explosions so two soldiers fired their weapons,
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will provide humanitarian assistance to … the family members of the [Peruvian] victim in these difficult circumstances,
First of all it’s a regrettable event, and it has to be investigated and punished. The personnel of the Defense Ministry who fired are already in the custody of the Federal Attorney General’s Office,
The Mexican state is obligated to conduct a serious, impartial and effective investigation,
It is really impossible that these people would have been shooting at the army,
The real business for criminal groups in Mexico today is migrant smuggling,
It's a regrettable event and it must be investigated and punished,
Sheinbaum said, speaking in her regular morning press conference These events are neither accidental nor isolated, they are a consequence of the restrictive immigration policies that the Mexican state continues to implement,
the Collective for the Monitoring of the Southern Border, a grouping of advocacy and civil society organisations, said