Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Mexico offers up to 480,000 euro reward for information about the slaughter of Tamaulipas

MEXICO CITY, 31 Mexican authorities offer up to eight million dollars (480,200 euros) reward for information on the whereabouts of those responsible for the slaughter of 72 immigrants last August in the state of Tamaulipas (north), near the border United States. The Attorney General has identified as potential murderers to Roman Corners, alias' El Coyote '; Juvenal Burciaga, alias' El Alacran,' and Jose Guadalupe Reyes Rivera, alias "The Sasi '.

In a statement, the attorney states that the amount of the reward will be awarded in proportion to the number of people for whom the offer is made and the accuracy, usefulness, effectiveness and timeliness of the information provided. On 24 August were located the bodies of 72 migrants - including several children - from several countries in Central and South America who were massacred by suspected members of Los Zetas criminal group in the municipality of San Fernando, Tamaulipas .

This was immediately condemned by the international community, which has demanded the government of Felipe Calderón to take appropriate measures to punish the perpetrators of this massacre and crimes committed daily against migrants who use Mexico as a territory of transit on its way to the United States.

According to the Attorney, the authors of this slaughter would have committed the crimes of organized crime, kidnapping, corruption of persons under eighteen, modifying aggravated murder advantage, and attempted murder.

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