Latin American Migrants in the U.S. Condemn Massacre Against Their Brothers and Sisters in Mexico

Chicago, IL – On Wednesday August 24, 2010, news began to come out about one of the worst massacres ever occurred in Mexico, near the border with Brownsville, TX. According to news reports, the 72 bodies discovered were all Latin American migrants, mostly from El Salvador, Honduras, Ecuador and Brazil. In response to this abhorrent and sad news, leaders of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC), the largest umbrella organization of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants in the U.S., issued the following statement

“The massacre committed against our brothers and sisters in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, demonstrate the level of savageness that criminal organizations are capable of exerting against fellow human beings, as well as their degree of confidence about the impunity they have come to enjoy in Mexico,” stated Angela Sanbrano, President of NALACC. “This very sad news, particularly for the children, the spouses, the parents of the migrants assassinated in Mexico; represents the greatest escalation to date of the violence spiral that has been affecting an increasing number of communities in Mexico, as well as migrants that transit throughout Mexico in search for an opportunity to reach what they hope would be a better life for themselves and their love ones in the United States of America,” added Ms. Sanbrano. “The punitive official policies, as well as the inability of the Mexican authorities to ensure the well being of all persons, including migrants in transit, have greatly contribute to the environment that leads to this horrendous crime, and many other similar abuses committed on a daily basis in Mexico, particularly against migrants,” concluded Ms. Sanbrano.

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