"An act of terrorism" | Mexico

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said that the shooting in the American city of El Paso, on the border with the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, "constituted an act of terrorism against Mexicans", after the confirmation of the death of at least eight nationals among the 22 reported deaths. "We consider that it is an act of terrorism, committed here on the territory of the United States, but of terrorism against the Mexicans," Ebrard told the press at the time. a visit to El Paso.

He added that the Mexican Attorney General's Office was already preparing an investigation file on this case, which will be the first of its importance in the country's history of "terrorism" against Mexicans in the United States.

"We will certainly present arguments against the sale and distribution of weapons such as the badault weapon that took the lives of Mexicans and Mexicans," said Ebrard without ruling out the demand for Extradition of extradition to Mexico.