El Salvador today condemned the killing of 72 persons between the presumed had an unknown number of Salvadorans, perpetrated in the state of Tamaulipas (Mexico) and requested an investigation of the facts.
For now, the Mexican authorities are investigating claims by a witness of the massacre which ensures that those killed were immigrants who wanted to reach U.S. and were victims of an armed group, who identified himself as the poster for the Zetas.
"We are shocked by this and it reaffirms our struggle to continue to protect our citizens wherever they are," said Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez said in a statement released today by the Foreign Ministry, which I regret what happened.
Foreign Minister recently visited that country to open a consulate together with Guatemala to support migrants in the Veracruz town of Acayucan, where it frequently happened.
The Gazette confirmed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico informed the embassy of El Salvador in that country, "according to statements by a witness, among Salvadorans have died."
"Right now we still have no precise information on the number of compatriots who have been murdered or the identity of these "he added.
The Foreign Ministry announced that the country's consul in Monterrey, Jose Mario Mejia will travel to the place of slaughter for an investigation" in situ "and predicted that it will provide the necessary assistance families of the deceased for the repatriation of their remains.
On Wednesday, security spokesman of the Mexican government, Alejandro Poire, reported that 72 bodies found on a ranch in Tamaulipas may correspond to a group of aliens attempting across the country to the U.S. border.
A witness and survivor of the slaughter went to the authorities to declare that immigrants were kidnapped by gunmen, who identified himself as the poster for the Zetas.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the deceased may be of El Salvador, Honduras, Ecuador and Brazil.
Tens of thousands of Central Americans, including many from El Salvador, Mexico cross illegally each year to reach U.S. in search of the American dream. Estimates of some NGOs put the figure at around 200,000.
Some 70,000 illegal immigrants were detained in 2009 in migrant Mexico to be returned to their country, according to the NGO Without Borders.
AGENCIA EFE.
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