That afternoon, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador arrived in Ciudad Juárez to monitor the health of migrants who survived the March 28 fire while temporarily staying at the National Institute of Migration (INM).
However, the president received cries of protest from migrants who blocked the passage of the truck in which López Obrador arrived.
“Justice!” and “Go away, go away!” were some of the slogans shouted by the migrants who blocked the president’s truck.
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President López Obrador arrived at the Gimnasio del Bachilleres in Ciudad Juárez, where he will have a private meeting with government officials and employees of the Banco del Bienestar.
Migrants are demanding the treatment they received from migrant agents.
After passing protesting migrants, the AMLO van sped towards its destination.
Some migrants from Ciudad Juárez are trying to stop the president from doing this @lopezobrador_ left unattended after the brutal fire at the National Migration Institute. They demand justice for the 39 dead men who suffocated in a federally controlled cell. pic.twitter.com/flvKutd6ev
— Bea Guillén Torres (@BeaGTorres) March 31, 2023
During this visit to CD. Juárez, the President will be accompanied by the Minister of Health, Jorge Alcocer Varela, and by the Director of IMSS, Zoé Robledo.
“We are immigrants, we are all brothers, we deserve respect, we are human beings, without xenophobia!” or “Today it was them, tomorrow it could be someone else!” shout migrants protesting against López Obrador and his immigration policies.
Source: La Neta Neta
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