Mexico.- The Mexican government, through the Secretary of Foreign Relations (SRE), will provide support to relatives of some of the fatal victims of the Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting.
Last Tuesday, May 24, Salvador Ramosan 18-year-old boy, entered the prison with firearms. robb elementary schoolin a town located 250 kilometers from the Texas capital, and proceeded to open fire on fourth grade students and teachers.
Through your official account Twitterthe head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubonannounced that 10 relatives of the fatal victims of the massacre at the Uvalde academic institution requested support from the Mexican Foreign Ministry to be able to attend the funeral that will take place in the United States.
“Ten relatives of victims of the Uvalde tragedy asked us for support to attend the funeral in Texas. Mexico accompanies them as well as those who lost their children in their immense pain and embraces the entire affected community. Condolences to the people of United States,” the official wrote.
In this sense, Ebrard Casaubón assured that the Mexican government will accompany the Mexican relatives of the people who died as a result of the shooting carried out by Ramos.
SRE confirms that there are no Mexicans among victims of shooting in Texas
Two days after the Uvalde tragedy, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs announced that none of the 21 people killed by the 18-year-old was of Mexican nationality.
“We are going to be very attentive to give them all the support in case they need Mexico, there we are, the consul is there, he has been very diligent and has been providing his support permanently,” he said at a press conference about Mexicans who could be seen indirectly affected by the violent events of last Tuesday.
It was around the May 24 noon when Salvador Ramos snuck into Robb Elementary School, locking himself in one of the classrooms along with elementary-level fourth-grade students and teachers.
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Despite the fact that the police arrived at the scene a few minutes after the teenager did, while waiting for a special team, Ramos took the opportunity to shoot the people with whom he had locked himself in, depriving the lives of 21 people in total. including 19 minors.
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