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Half a hundred people, including relatives and friends, gathered in front of the Mozambican Embassy in Lisbon today to call on the authorities to rescue the Portuguese Américo Sebastião, kidnapped there are exactly two years in Mozambique. What we are here to do is make a deep call to the Portuguese and Mozambican authorities and say that we want Americo to come back, "said Salome Sebastião, a woman with a sign saying," I want my husband back. "
Therefore, it is expected that there will be" a deep commitment from Portugal and Mozambique "until Americo Sebastião, kidnapped on July 29, 2016, is found and returned to his family [19659002] "I think that really needs to be clarified, I think the way to clarify is to really investigate what's going on, to investigate, to give a boost to investigations" and "to use a valuable resource" that was offered, which is Portuguese aid, Salome Sebastião continued, surrounded by family and friends who carried placards such as "We want Portugal and Mozambique together in the search for Americo "or" We want Americo with us. "
" The fact that we are here means that the case is not forgotten and that it is not ". Americo must be located, saved and sent back to his country and his family.We are here present and firm until it is u n goal achieved, we will not give up, "said Salome Americo, in a concentration where were also the son and mother of the businessman and which gathered about fifty people.
Salome Americo also thanked "the commitment of the Portuguese authorities to date, namely" by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who publicly expressed his commitment "
L & Socialist MEP Ana Gomes and former head of CDS-PP José Ribeiro e Castro
were also present at the meeting.
"This is an extremely important humanitarian case, the disappearance of A Portuguese, an entrepreneur in Mozambique, and a lack of cooperation from the Mozambican authorities, despite all the words in a good way, no action has been seen ", but rather" the refusal of the Mozambican authorities of 39 accept the offer of the Portuguese authorities with the help of the judicial police, "he told Lusa Ana Gomes
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However, "in this case, it is very disturbing that the Mozambican authorities do not have the same openness ", giving the impression that the help of the Portuguese authorities has already been fundamental in the past to save other citizens also kidnapped. there is a "strategy of letting time pass and the family clears," he said, noting that "the family was admirable".
The Portuguese authorities have done what they can to persuade the Mozambican authorities to cooperate effectively ", and recently the Prime Minister, António Costa, during his visit to Mozambique" brought this issue to his agenda for discussion This worries me, it is a sign that there is a deterioration of the security situation in Mozambique. "
" We know that it is a deterioration that relates to the spread of corruption, it happens with the Mozambican citizens who do not have
The man Portuguese case was kidnapped at a refueling station two years ago in Nhamapadza, Maringué District,
According to the family, the kidnappers used debit and credit cards to collect money. 000 euros, but they could not get more because the accounts were blocked as soon as the disappearance was reported. The State Secretary for Portuguese Communities, José Luís Carneiro, received from Mozambique political cooperation assurances to solve the case of American Sebastião.
The Mozambican authorities have never accepted the offer of support from the Portuguese police to investigate the case.
The Mozambican authorities have never accepted the offer of support from the Portuguese police to investigate the case. MEP Ana Gomes explained the case of the disappearance of Americo Sebastião to Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who expressed concern, underlining that "the situation in Mozambique is becoming more complicated from the point of view of security"
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