‘His death dismays us’, warns UN-DH about the case of Dante Emiliano, murdered in Tabasco

The Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-DH) expressed its concern this Thursday about two violent acts committed against two minors in less than a week in the Mexican states of Guanajuato and Tabasco, respectively. .

“Children have the right to special protection. We express our concern about the disappearance of Javier Modesto in Guanajuato and for the murder of Dante Emiliano in Tabasco,” the organization said in a statement.

“The authorities must act diligently and guarantee the best interests of children,” he added.

He recalled that on May 15, while accompanying his peasant parents in the municipality of Romita, Guanajuatothe indigenous boy Javier Modesto Moreno, aged three, was a victim of disappearance.

“Despite the measures adopted, his whereabouts remain unknown. We urge the authorities to redouble their efforts,” noted the UN-DH.

While On May 21, the boy Dante Emiliano was murdered in Paraíso, Tabasco.

“His death shocks us. We call on (the) State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) of Tabasco to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation, in order to identify and punish those responsible. We extend our condolences to family and friends,” he said.

According to reports, last Tuesday afternoon Emiliano and his mother were walking through the streets of Paraíso when they were intercepted by a group of armed men with the intention of taking the woman. Emiliano protected his mother and struggled with the criminals and received the least five shots.

Regarding these events, the FGE of Tabasco reported on Wednesday that it carries out meticulous work, which due to the rigor of the investigations requires secrecy.

He indicated that he has information from video recordings and testimonies with which the investigations can be advanced, in addition to other “important clues that are under analysis to integrate them into the investigation file initiated for the crime of homicide.”

And he said that with the progress made “the version spread about a possible attempt to kidnap the victim’s mother can be ruled out, and that that would have been the reason why the attack was recorded.”

According to sources close to the FGE, the boy was at his grandmother’s house when he received a call and left. There was a car on the street and they tried to force him into it, but he resisted and was shot and taken to the Mexican Petroleum Regional Hospital (Pemex) where he died.

This Thursday, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, regretted the death of the minor but criticized the media for “magnifying” his death.

“As we are in the electoral season and everything is done to harm me, more than it is my state, because the corrupt, who are very angry, greatly magnify everything related to violence,” he declared in his daily conference.

“(The boy) left the house, that is the information we have, with three people who were in a vehicle. I think they wanted to take him, one of them got out of the car and they shot him,” he said.

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