Mexico analyzes denouncing terrorism as massacre of Mexicans massacre of El Paso

"The Secretariat (External Relations) will encourage the corresponding lawsuits against anyone who is responsible for the sale of the badault weapon (…) who fired."said Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard. In this sense, he will ask the US authorities to give him access to the investigation into the case, reported the state news agency Notimex.

"In the next few hours (…), if the prosecutor (Alejandro Gertz) so decides, the denunciation for terrorism against Mexican nationals on the territory of the United States, he added. As far as I know, it would be the first application of this nature in history.

In addition, Ebrard said that Mexico would seek, if necessary, the extradition of the author of the mbadacre, a 21-year-old white man named Patrick Crusius, who allegedly led the crime to more than 1,000 kilometers from a suburb of Texas. "Because for Mexico, this individual is a terrorist," said the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The attacker told police that his goal was to "kill as many Mexicans as possible".

"We will issue a diplomatic note tomorrow (Monday) to the United States Government asking, respectfully but firmly, to establish a clear and energetic stance against hate crimes," said Ebrard.

"I want to say that I asked Marcelo Ebrard that, despite the pain and indignation, we act with great responsibility. In the United States, there are elections, they are campaigning and we do not want to interfere in the internal affairs of another country, "said President Andrés López Obrador.shortly before the Chancellor announces the measures.

Six Mexican citizens died and seven others were injured yesterday in the US border town of El Paso in the state of Texas, where a man opened fire indoors. a supermarket and left 20 dead and 26 wounded.

Federal Prosecutor John bashIn charge of the investigation, he claimed at a press conference that it was an "internal terrorism" and "hate crime" ", while the local prosecutor of El Paso, Jaime Esparza, had expected that he would seek the death penalty for Author of the mbadacre.