The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, affirmed this Monday that he disagreed with hiding the videos about the Tragedy of Ciudad Juárez, on the northern border of the country, which killed 40 immigrants. In the words of the Mexican head of state, the truth should not be hidden about what happened in the border city, which led to the restructuring of immigration measures and the closure of various shelters.
Even a month after the tragedy, the president affirmed that he will not protect anyone who is responsible for the tragedy when several officials of the National Institute of Migration (INM) were detained for this fact. Among the most relevant is the director of the organization, Francisco Garduño; In addition, the officials who worked in the immigration center such as the head of the Department of Material Resources, Eduardo Apodaca, the coordinator of the Beta Group for the Protection of Migrants, Juan Carlos Meza, the immigration agent Cecilia Rivera and Rodolfo Collazo.
Now, AMLO recalled a press conference that the investigation of the facts is being carried out, and that there are already detainees, guaranteeing public opinion that those responsible are already being punished for their actions, both those who started the fire and the authorities. responsible for the tragedy. “I am not in favor of hiding the information, I do not know why they did it, I am going to ask so that all the information is allowed,” said the head of government.
Last April, the President of Mexico gave an instruction to the interior of the Executive and the request to the Prosecutor’s Office to act strictly in accordance with the law. “We do not protect anyone, there is no impunity (…) The investigations have been carried out and it turned out that whoever had the key did not open, I think he did not imagine that the fire would spread as it happened, unfortunately,” said the Mexican president.
According to a survey carried out in Mexico, at least 27% of Mexicans hold the Government of Manuel López Obrador responsible for the death of 40 immigrants in the fire at a center of the National Institute of Migration (INM). In this incident, various organizations and political leaders branded the Executive’s measures as “inhumane” and a “state crime”.
With information from EFE
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