Mexico is demanding protections for its citizens and Mexican Americans living in the U.S. and has threatened to take legal action in wake of a mass shooting in an El Paso Walmart.
Six Mexican nationals were killed and seven others were injured in Saturday’s attack that left a total of 20 dead and 26 injured.
Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard called the shooting an act of terrorism against Mexicans in the U.S. and said the Mexican government may seek to extradite the gunman to face charges there.
“Mexico would like to express its utmost profound condemnation and rejection of this barbaric act where innocent Mexican men and women were killed,” Ebrard said. “We are outraged. We do not support the culture of hate.”
He also said he had been instructed by Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to take legal action against the U.S. to ensure the U.S. is protecting the Mexican community in the U.S. Ebrard also said Mexico would investigate who sold weapons to the gunman, who posted an anti-immigrant manifesto online before he opened fire.
Posición sobre la tragedia en El Paso Texas : pic.twitter.com/gIXuJcQJLy
— Marcelo Ebrard C. (@m_ebrard) August 4, 2019
