President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador today expressed his condolences to relatives of the 50 migrants, including 22 Mexicans, who suffocated to death inside a trailer box in San Antonio, Texas. He announced that there will be an investigation in Mexico for crimes of which they could be victims in national territory, such as human trafficking.
During his morning conference at the National Palace, López Obrador also announced that the immigration issue will be one of the most important issues that he will address next July 12 in a meeting he will hold with the president of the United States, Joe Biden.
“I want to express my deepest condolences to the families of Mexican, Guatemalan, and Honduran migrants who died yesterday asphyxiated in a trailer, in a tremendous misfortune in San Antonio, Texas. So far there are 50 deceased; 22 from Mexico, seven from Guatemala, two from Honduras and 19 still without information on their nationality.
“We are supporting since yesterday. our consul, there are also immigration officials from Mexico and we are going to be attentive to support the families of the victims, the transfer of the bodies, and to carry out the investigation in what corresponds to us, because these unfortunate events, which of course They have to do with the situation of poverty, of desperation of Central American brothers, of Mexicans, they happen because there is also human trafficking, and lack of controls in this case on the border between Mexico and the United States and inside the United States, “he said. Lopez Obrador.
Separately, Roberto Velasco Alvarezhead of the North American Unit of the Secretary of Foreign Relationsmade available the telephone numbers: (210) 872 4386 and (520) 623 7874, for advice on the repatriation of the bodies.
Condemns political use of migrants
The president condemned that in the United States, at election time, migrants are used for political purposes in the United States. He said that it will be a topic that he will address on June 12, in a visit that he will make to the US president, Joe Biden.
“On July 12 I am going to have an interview, a meeting with President Biden, in Washington, and this issue is central, it is a basic issue to be discussed. We have been proposing it, but it is necessary (to insist), and this is bitter proof that we must continue to insist on supporting the people so that they do not have to leave their towns, to go in search of life on the other side of the border,” he said.