AMLO sends his condolences to the US government and relatives of victims

Alonso Urrutia and Emir Olivares

Newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, May 26, 2022, p. 4

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent his condolences to the United States government and the families of the children who lost their lives in the massacre that occurred at an elementary school located in Uvalde, Texas. It hurts us a lot that there are these misfortunes. And send a hug to the relatives of the young people, of the victims. And also our solidarity with the United States government, because these are very sad, very difficult times..

During his conference, López Obrador took advantage of questions about the upcoming Summit of the Americas to mention the tragic episode in Texas: we suffer the same, we suffer here.

Are there Mexicans among the victims? -She was asked

–Until now, directly, born there… I mean, here, it is not known, but most of them are of Mexican origin, there is no doubt. It is that all that region of Texas belonged to Mexico, just look at the surnames, they are children or grandchildren of Mexicans. And it hurts us a lot, we are sorry, they are misfortunes that are greatly regretted.

arms industry

When expressly asked about the favorable impact that this new student massacre could have on the lawsuit promoted by Mexico in the United States against companies in the arms industry, the president declined to link both events with the current situation.

I don’t want to deal with that issue now because the duel is still going on and it’s not about talking about the origin, the causes, and even more so if it’s something that has to do with us, because we’ve been raising things, but it would be taking advantage of a misfortune. Better not, better let’s wait a while and just send a big hug to the relativeshe stated.