The remains of five migrants dominicans Those who died in a road accident on December 9 in southern Mexico were repatriated this Thursday, the Mexican government reported.
“Mexico today repatriated the bodies of 5 Dominicans” out of a total of 11 who died in the accident that left 56 fatalities, which occurred in Chiapas, reported in a joint statement the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), the National Institute of Migration (INM), the Attorney General’s Office and the Secretariat of External relationships.
The forensic authorities of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) “They have managed, with the support of the government of the Dominican Republic, to identify 11 people from that country who died in the accident, who have already been transferred to that country,” the statement added.
On December 20, the prosecutor’s office of Chiapas reported the repatriation of two Guatemalans and four Dominicans.
And the day before, the bodies of four other migrants were sent to Guatemala.
The December 9 tragedy occurred after a trailer smuggling some 160 irregular migrants collided with a pedestrian bridge on a highway in Chiapas.
The border state with Guatemala It is the main point of access for undocumented immigrants, who are transported in inhumane conditions in these trucks to the north of the country by human traffickers.
The tragedy came after a controversial US program was reactivated, forcing migrants to wait in Mexico for a response to their asylum applications.
More than 190,000 people without papers have been detected in Mexico between January and September 2021, triple the number in 2020. Some 74,300 have been deported.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx