From the Congress of the Union, federal deputy Margarita García García, of the Labor Party, demanded that Irma Bolaños Quijano, wife of Governor Salomón Jara Cruz and honorary president of DIF-Oaxaca (the Oaxaca State System for Integral Family Development), “go home” for her “institutional negligence” in the deaths of two migrant girls who fell into a septic tank at the “Pato” children’s home.
The legislator stated that the deaths of two girls, barely six years old and originally from Haiti, “prove my warning that children and adolescents are suffering at DIF-Oaxaca.”
“Oaxaca is crying out today for an end to this cursed spring with all those officials, voracious, corrupt, cynical people, for whom the only thing that has mattered is power and money, and who today are mourning the deaths of these two girls.”
“That’s why today, from this platform, I ask Irma Bolaños, go home and do business with all that you’ve already stolen. I think this will last you your whole life because you’ve stolen so much. Get your whole family out of here because your family is never satisfied.”
And although the Oaxaca State Attorney General’s Office (FGEO) reported that, with the arrest of the head of the General Services Department of the “Pato” Children’s Home, three people are now in custody for the girls’ deaths, civil society organizations have expressed their outrage at this criminal negligence.
The Attorney General’s Office specified that E.J.B.Z. was arrested and placed at the disposal of the corresponding ministerial authority in order to establish his degree of responsibility in this case.
This arrest was carried out thanks to the expert and ministerial results obtained yesterday, as well as the sufficient information provided in the statements of the individuals presented and questioned to establish, at this time, the levels of responsibility in the case.
“According to initial findings, the minors were staying—along with their mother—at the transition center. The girls were playing near a cistern (septic tank) located within the shelter, where they were later found dead.”
The Attorney General’s Office emphasized that it already has sufficient information to establish the first legal hypotheses in the case. This work is being carried out with a gender perspective and a specialized focus on children, prioritizing the best interests of the child and their maximum protection.
With this arrest and arraignment, the two individuals brought before the Attorney General’s Office on February 24 are added to the total number of people detained, as part of the immediate actions taken within the justice process.
The two girls (sisters) of Haitian origin were staying at this facility with their family.
This case has sparked outrage in civil society, as preliminary findings indicate that the deaths occurred due to serious infrastructure negligence, specifically the lack of safety covers on the pit where the girls fell.
Given this context, various human rights organizations in Oaxaca have condemned these events.
Yesica Sánchez Maya, of the Consortium for Parliamentary Dialogue, called on social media for the Oaxaca Congress to remove the head of the Oaxaca State Human Rights Commission (DDHPO), Elizabeth Lara Rodríguez, for her “complicity.”
For its part, the Human Rights Platform, in a statement, pointed out that the deaths of the two girls once again highlight the serious vulnerability faced by migrants traveling through the state.
“As on other occasions, the work of prevention, care and supervision of the bodies that have under their protection the integrity of girls, boys and adolescents is called into question, which puts at risk and violates their human rights, including the right to their integrity, security and healthy development and perpetuates a state structure that allows systematic violations,” they pointed out.
Source: proceso
