In Baja California, the Consulate of the Republic of El Salvador is looking for more than 54 of its migrant compatriots, who have been missing since 2000.
The head of the department, Johnny Gerardo Rivera Pineda, said that they were in Tijuana or Mexicali looking for a way to get to the United States, according to the accounts of their relatives.
He mentioned that they have been supported by the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) of Baja California and the Forensic Medical Service (Semefo), but the whereabouts of their compatriots have not been achieved.
For our representation, Baja California is one of the states with the most missing Salvadorans; from 2000 to date we have a report of more than 54 active cases that have not been resolved.”
The diplomat said.
She commented that throughout Mexico there are more than 300 missing Salvadorans, according to reports from the United Nations High Commissioner (UNHCR).
Virtual searches
During the Conservatory of Missing Persons and Search Mechanisms held at the Institute of Legal Research of the UNAM in Tijuana, Rivera Pineda thanked the groups for denouncing this social problem and being the ones who, with their own resources, go out to look for their loved ones.
Rivera Pineda commented that another of the measures implemented by the consulate are virtual searches at the immigration stations of the National Institute of Migration (INM), detection centers of the United States, in other cases the response has been positive.
For her part, the Consul General of Honduras, Edna Janeth López, said that her countrymen, upon entering Mexico, face climate change, insecurity, trafficking, kidnapping, among other situations.
Regardless of their immigration status, upon entering Mexico and other countries, they have the right to be treated with dignity and to report crimes they suffer. They also have the right to be searched for if they are reported missing.
Source: elimparcial
