The family of the only fatality in the October 12 accident in San Marcos (Guatemala) has identified her: she is Cuban and her name was Oryalis Cepeda. His son Dany Pérez, 16 years old, was also traveling in the damaged vehicle in which around 20 migrants were traveling.
His aunt and sister of the deceased, Omayda Cepeda, moved from the United States to Guatemala to join their nephew, she told journalist Daniel Benítez. Guatemalan authorities requested a DNA test to compare the body with Oryalis’ remains and begin the process of repatriating the body to Cuba.
However, the Cuban embassy in Guatemala has not yet offered any official information.
However, the Cuban embassy in Guatemala has not yet offered any official information.
Since the accident two weeks ago, Cepeda has been processing his nephew’s arrival in the United States, but he has not yet completed the procedures. According to the US broadcaster, the teenager, who suffered injuries and burns as a result of the accident in the truck that was transporting him to the southern border of Mexico, arrived in Tapachula on October 17 with his aunt, who hopes that the authorities agree to granting him custody. . “I’m going to take care of my sister all my life until I’m dead,” he told .
According to the first versions published in Guatemalan media, several Cubans were among the injured. Hours after the accident, local media Unired Canal 21 broadcast a list of passengers, including two children, Lian Cruz Mora, three years old, and Mía Abreu, six years old.
The rest were: Lisey Mora (23 years old), Yara Sarís (43), Julio Porto (57), Anabel Rodríguez (36), Floralma Rey (33), Miguel Rivera (36), Gabriela Alemán (19), José Rodríguez ( 54), Reynaldo Galván (31), Lili Abreu (36) and Suleidy Blanco (27).
Since the accident two weeks ago, Cepeda has been processing his nephew’s arrival in the United States, but he has not yet completed the procedures.
Cubans who manage to reach Tapachula on their way to the United States must proceed slowly in seeking refuge at the headquarters of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (Comar). Officials at that facility have been accused of submitting inaccurate reports that can lead to the detention and deportation of migrants.
According to official data, the two sites available in Tapachula served 60,496 Cubans as of September.
In addition, in less than fifteen days, two flights carrying deported Cubans departed from the international terminal in what Mexican authorities disguised as “assisted repatriation.” The last one took place last Saturday, when 37 Cubans (32 men and five women) were detained at the Siglo XXI immigration station.
This operation was led by Vice Admiral Roberto Gonzáles López, head of the offices of the National Migration Institute in Chiapas. The soldier arrived at the airport with 20 immigration officers to escort the Cubans as if they were criminals. For their part, the authorities refused at all times to reveal details of the flights and the reasons for the return of the Cubans to the island.
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