Progress in Victoria Salazar case: police officers involved in femicide were linked to process

This Saturday, the Government secretary He reported that the remains of Victoria Salazar, Central American murdered by police in Tulum, Quintana Roo, have already been transferred to their country of origin, El Salvador.

Via your account Twitter, The government clarified that the body was transported by his family in a plane of a commercial airline, shortly after 9:00 a.m.

“From the start, Segob, through the Undersecretariat for Human Rights, Population and Migration, Conavim and Inami, as well as the SRE, DIF and local authorities provided full support to Victoria’s family, ”he said. .

In a second message, he explained that thanks to the coordination of different Mexican government agencies led by Segob, it was possible that Victoria’s remains were transferred by her family to El Salvador.

At around 5 a.m., the transfer of the casket began from a modest funeral home in Tulum, and after two hours of travel, the float entered the customs area of ​​the terminal to complete the necessary paperwork.

That same Saturday, the State Attorney General of Quintana Roo reported that municipal police officers Miguel “C”, Juan “C”, Raúl “L” and Verónica “V” were linked to the process of the crime of femicide against Victoria.

He explained that informal preventive detention was instituted as a precautionary measure “for the duration of the trial and granted 4 months of additional investigation to the prosecutors of this social representation”.

Last Thursday, Secretary Olga Sánchez Cordero communicated by phone with Victoria’s mother, Rosibel Arriaza. The federal government has created a task force “to ensure that in Victoria’s case there is no impunity, that the truth is reached, that justice is served and that it does not happen again”..

In addition, the National Institute of Migration (INM) gave the two girls humanitarian business cards from Central America so that they could stay in Mexico while their refugee claims were resolved.

On March 27, four police officers arrested Salvadoran migrant Victoria Esperanza Salazar, for allegedly disturbing public order in a convenience store in Tulum, Quintana Roo.

The men in uniform brought her to the ground, with excessive use of force, breaking her spine and neck, which resulted in her death..

Salazar, 36, was the mother of two daughters, the eldest of whom, 16, was missing for a few hours between Tuesday and Wednesday. Meanwhile, the little girl is said to be staying at a public shelter after being abused by her mother’s romantic partner, who was arrested last Tuesday.

Salazar’s death was videotaped, sparking great outrage and motivated protests from international organizations and groups who accuse the Mexican security forces of racism and misogyny, in addition to claims by El Salvador, the country of origin of the deceased.

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