A Mexican trapped in Sudan recounts the anguish experienced by her compatriots in the midst of a coup

A Mexican-Sudanese family, two clerics, two heads of international organizations and an agronomist are the Mexicans who, during their stay in Sudan, were immobilized in the midst of fighting between the Army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (FAR).

The armed conflict, considered a coup d’etat, claimed the lives of at least 97 people and left a casualty toll of 942, according to a report by the Central Committee of Physicians from this country.

The ace eight people from Mexico (including two minors) who failed to leave Sudanese territory were forced to take refuge with private individuals to protect their lives in the face of an imminent risk.

Despite various complications due to communication network instability, GlobeLiveMedia Mexico contacted Karol Alejandra Arambula Carrillowho works as part of the United Nations Integration Assistance Mission for Sudan (UNITAMS), and was unable to leave the African country after the conflict broke out.

During the conversation, Arámbula mentioned that the main obstacle to his evacuation is that there was no ceasefire Similarly, no humanitarian corridor has been set up to guarantee the safety of the civilian population. “The airport is closed and has been destroyed by the parties facing each other,” he explained.

In such a scenario, the only viable option would be a ground evacuation, but “security is not guaranteed eithersince road conditions are unknown and the majority of Mexicans are housed in Khartoum, the country’s capital, which has been one of the main areas of conflict.

Mandatory shelter from the danger involved in transiting through the country has generated great anguish among Mexicans in Sudan. Although official reports and Karol’s testimony indicate that everyone is in good health, “the fighting is more intense around usand “the situation it’s hopeless“, he acknowledged.

According to the material that the interviewee shared with this media, the detonations are visible from home in which he is sheltering with a colleague from Panama.

In addition to the escalation of armed collisions, stress and overwhelm have increased due to the fact that it was not possible to establish a date to evacuate them.

In the interview, Karol Arámbula confirmed the identity of the compatriots who are in the said territory while waiting for the fighting to stop:

1. Elizabeth Campero Casey
2. Karol Alejandra Arambula Carrillo
3. Osman Abdelmoney
4. Sofia Abdelmoneim Campero (minor)
5. Karim Abdelmoneim Campero (minor)
6. Vincent Antonio Garcia Moreno
7. Dr. Ortiz Monastery
8. Mariam Parra

He indicated that although they are not all refugees in the same spacemanaged to contact each other, although the connectivity and operation of the networks presented multiple interruptions.

In this sense, she acknowledged that the attention given by the Mexican authorities has been “very good from the beginning”, since the Mexican Embassy in Cairo (which covers the territory of Sudan) contacted her to receive updates. updated at least twice a day. .

Therefore, Karol Arámbula and the rest of Mexican citizens have issued an urgent appeal to the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as well as to other governments and international organizations, to exercise “high level political pressureso that the combatant fronts cease hostilities and that it is possible for the civilian population to leave the country.

In addition to the risk posed by clashes in the streets of the country, reports by the Central Committee of Doctors of Sudan mention that certain groups of the parties in conflict have used hospitals as military siteswhich has been harshly criticized.

For its part, a report by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan specifies that Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman BurhanArmy General, ordered the dissolution of the FAR and declared them a rebel force, a situation that could trigger the outbreak of a civil war, according to experts in the field.