Honduras asked Mexico for an “extensive investigation” into the fire in an immigration center that caused the death of 39 migrantssix of them presumably Hondurans, said this Friday the foreign minister of the Central American country, Eduardo Enrique Reina.
“We have requested a broad investigation into the event and the Mexican authorities have indicated that those responsible for this tragedy must answer before the law,” Reina said in a message on her Twitter account.
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On Wednesday, the Mexican government reported that after the first investigation of the General Prosecutor of the Republic (FGR) has identified the eight alleged perpetrators of the fire at the immigration station that claimed the lives of 39 migrants.
The Honduran foreign minister pointed out, in a second message, that Honduras maintains “permanent contacts with the National Institute of Migration (INM)” and that “it is in the official process of confirming the identification of 6 possible deceased (Hondurans).”
He INM published in previous days, in order to help families identify the people who could have been injured, a list of the people who were in the room at the time of the fire, dand of which 13 are of Honduran origin.
In other messages, Reina also expressed her “most sincere condolences for the people who died in the migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.”
He added that the government through the embassy and consulate of Honduras in Mexico, gives “close monitoring of the situation of the 14 affected Hondurans”.
The presence of migrants in the area has intensified this year since the United States announced new measures, including the immediate deportation of migrants from Haiti, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba arriving by land under Title 42.
The Mexican government has also faced criticism from human rights organizations for accepting US policies and deploying more than 20,000 elements of the Armed Forces at the borders for migratory tasks.
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According to Mexican civil organizations, 2022 was the most tragic year for migrants in Mexico, as some 900 died in the attempt to cross without documents from the country to the United States.
