Who was Victoria Salazar, the single mother who sought a better life for her daughters and ended up being murdered in Tulum

Victoria Esperanza Salazar Arraiza was the name of the woman who was brutally murdered at the hands of the police in Tulum in the state of Quintana roo March 27.

She was a single mother, from El Salvador, who left her country in 20016 accompanied by her two girls to find a better life, however, he found only death.

She was 36 years old and was from Sonsonate. He had left his home with the hope of joining the United States with their daughters aged 15 and 16 respectively, now orphans.

“Since she was a single mother, then she here I could not find a decent job, a job, that’s why she left for a better future for the girls, to make them move forward ”, declared her mother, Rosibel América Arraiza, for the foreign environment, The Savior.

However, seeing the possibility of crossing the United States in the distance, he applied for a humanitarian visa in Tapachula, Chiapas. In 2018, already recognized as a refugee (with document 11598479) he went to the state of Quintana Roo, where he found work as a hotel manager in the tourist area of ​​Tulum.

His brother René Olivares, pointed out to the aforementioned foreign media, that Esperanza’s priority was to raise her daughters and educate themThis is why he would have started to work in this entity and sought to live completely in Mexico.

“I demand justice for these four policemen who killed my daughter […] Authorities are supposed to protect human beingsRosibel said after his visit to the local chancellery.

He also pointed out to this medium that through photographs they were able to recognize Victoria’s body and that he does not know when his remains will be repatriated.

Agree with Millennium, Victoria’s mother told her girl left her country five years ago due to gang violence, lack of jobs, low wages and other factors, however, she is not sure if she would have received a direct threat against her or her daughters.

It should be noted that Sonsonate, the place where Victoria fled with her daughters, is a municipality of more than 72,000 inhabitants where coffee is produced. It is a city with high rates of violence, although in recent years across the country homicide numbers have declined.

For his part, the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, assured that his government will be in charge of the maintenance and studies of minors, as well as everything they need. Likewise, he offered his condolences and urged the Mexican authorities to punish the culprits with the full weight of the law,

“We’ll take care of the upkeep and education of Victoria’s two daughters and whatever else they need. We only ask for justice. Let those who made this fall under the weight of the law, ”the president said via his Twitter account.

On March 27, four Police overpowered her in Tulum and she died with a broken spine, after spending several minutes with one of them on her back. Officers argued the woman was arrested for disrupting the order, however, some footage from shortly before the arrest revealed the Salvadoran only entered an Oxxo with a jug and walked around the store .

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