The countryman’s body arrived in El Salvador on a flight from Cancun, Mexico on Saturday. “This is hard to digest,” said the family of Victoria, who was murdered by Mexican police during an arrest.
On Saturday morning, the remains of Victoria Salazar arrived at “Óscar Arnulfo Romero” International Airport and were then taken to Sonsonate to be monitored by her family. Victoria was murdered on March 27 by four police officers in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
The coffin containing the 36-year-old woman’s remains arrived in El Salvador on a plane to which the victim’s mother, Rosibel Arriaza, and Victoria’s two daughters, minors, were also traveling.
Alfonso Olivares, Victoria’s father, made brief statements to the media shortly after receiving his daughter’s remains at Sonsonate. Olivares said the family is shocked and is trying to come to terms with the pain caused by the murder of Victoria, who had a visa to stay in Mexico as a migrant.
Victoria’s body was guarded and monitored by an extensive security and preservation protocol that had to be transferred to the funeral home. Video EDH / Jonathan Tobías – Illustrative and non-commercial video / courtesy @CiroGomezL
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“This is hard to digest, this brings a lot of mixed feelings, there is a lot of pain, consternation,” Victoria’s father told various media outside the funeral home.
Police guarded the body’s transfer from the airport to Sonsonate. Photo EDH / Yessica Hompanera
Olivares assured that the family was not aware of the mistreatment Victoria was undergoing with her current partner, as she never commented on anything, and now they are aware of it through the various publications of national and international media.
“We realize until now that it is in the news, we didn’t know anything before. We didn’t know, we knew she was working in Mexico, but everything is new to us, ”he said.
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Victoria’s body is veiled at the María Auxiliadora funeral home in Sonsonate. Outside the place, there is a wide-ranging security system, institutions such as the National Council for Children and Adolescents (Conna) were in attendance as they had to verify the situation of Victoria’s two daughters.
Victoria will be buried in San Antonio de Monte Cemetery, in Sonsonate.
A large security device was deployed around the perimeter of the funeral home where the remains of the Salvadoran woman are found. Photo EDH / Yessica Hompanera
The President of Mexico, Manuel López Obrador, spoke at a press conference on March 29, emphasizing that “she was brutally treated and murdered. It is a fact that fills us with grief, pain and shame ”. He also added that the four Tulum police officers, a woman and three men, have already been criminally charged.
“There will be no impunity,” the Mexican president noted.
The victim’s family called for his death to go unpunished, and the Salvadoran government is offering help.
In Mexico, the four police officers involved in the Salvadoran murder will remain in prison while they are being processed.
GALLERY: “This brings a lot of mixed feelings and pain to our family”: Victoria’s father on receipt of the remains of his daughter, murdered by police in Mexico
Salazar was murdered by Mexican police on March 27 in the city of Tulum, Quintana Roo state. Photo EDH / Yessica Hompanera