A Cuban immigrant probably died of a heart attack in the bus that transported them through Honduran territory, on their way to the border of the United States, as the Honduran authorities announced this Tuesday.
The woman is 52 years old and her name has not been releasedapparently suffered one devastating heart attack while traveling on a public bus through the municipality of Quimistan, Santa Bárbara, in the Ocotepeque department, in the far west of the Central American country.
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In the images of the tragic event broadcast this Tuesday by local media, the Cuban migrant fainted on a bus seat and was hugged by a man who could be a family member. Likewise, the moments in which she was treated by health workers and members of the Honduran National Police were already in the vehicle.
Judging by the photos, the event occurred in the early hours of this Tuesday or Monday night, but this information has not been confirmed by the authorities or the media.
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A Santa Bárbara police spokesman, Corporal Cornejo, told Once Noticias television that the preliminary report suggested the woman may have died of a heart attack.
He explained that a passenger on the bus notified the police of that Honduran territory by telephone, who responded to the call “to carry out the necessary investigation.”
The InformativoHn profile of a local journalist noted that “according to police officers on site, a sudden heart attack was the cause of death” of the Cuban woman. “Her companions who emigrated with her are dismayed when she left her country to achieve something better for herself and her family and unfortunately only met death.”
The post states that in Santa Bárbara, where the events occurred, “the procedures are being carried out to send them to their country of origin”.
Other media reports on social networks confirm that the migrant “received medical attention but lost vital signs” and that “authorities are investigating the causes of death.”
At the time of writing, there was no official information from the Cuban authorities about the incident.
Dozens of Cuban immigrants have lost their lives in the last two years traveling through Central American countries and Mexico to the southern border of the United States to seek asylum in that country.
It was reported in Honduras in August Death of a Cuban, identified as Mario Osvaldo Bernal, due to a heart attack, in a hospital in the department of El Paraíso. The man was on his way to the Mexican border with the United States.
In December 2022, Iria Pérez Alfonso, 67 years old, also traveled on the migration route from Nicaragua towards the USA, He died in the hotel room where he was staying. Two months earlier, another Cuban – not yet identified at the time – He died on a bus traveling to Tegucigalpathe Honduran capital.