:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/E6ZDMHPABFDOTEZGVE56UO2ZLA.jpg "Children murdered in Oaxaca died of asphyxiation and had no missing reports: Prosecutor's office 1")
On the morning of Saturday February 18, an unfortunate discovery was recorded in the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the State of Oaxacaas authorities located the lifeless bodies of a boy and a girl on the Canal 33 freeway.
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The bodies of the two miners who were engaged in the sale of fried foods and sweets did not show gunshot wounds, but showed signs of suffocation.
As part of the investigations, the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) released a statement detailing the early progress of the case. He pointed out, for example, that there is already an arrested personand although his identity has not been shared, it has been clarified that he is the father of the minors, as there are clues that would point to a possible situation of family violence.
After a series of interviews with relatives and people close to the victims, the prosecution staff confirmed that the two children were selling products on the public road, presumably snacks.
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In addition, elements of the company conducted an analysis of available databases and it was determined that there was no non-location report of the girl and the boy, which is why, apparently, “their disappearance and subsequent death occurred between Friday evening and the early hours of Saturday”.
In addition, the FGE statement included findings from forensic studies conducted by the Expert Services Institute, which identified that the cause of death of the two miners was suffocation. Additionally, “victims had between two and four hours of death from the time of discovery.” It must be remembered that the bodies were found around 07:05 on February 18, so his death would have occurred early that same day.
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The signs of suffocation had been reported, beforehand, by officers of the municipal police of Juchitán, who were the first to arrive on the scene.
In this regard, the FGE added that the place where they located the PAAM girl and the WDAM boy (Juchitán – El Espinal section of the Canal 33 highway) it’s different from where they would have been killed.
“The FGEO continues to investigate the immediate environment of the victims and the possible trajectories taken on the day of their disappearance and then their death, these two events being decisive in establishing the identity of the person or persons responsible.”
The security unit indicated that currently there are two lines of research clarify infanticide. However, he did not provide details regarding the assumptions that would drive the investigations.
On the other hand, it was revealed that in the same house where the victims lived five other children liveto whom the relevant attention has been given through the National System for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF) municipal of Juchitán de Zaragoza.
According to initial information, the minors resided in the Fidel Peña neighborhood of the municipality of Juchitán de Zaragoza and They were dedicated to selling fried foods and sweets in the streets from the city to help with household expenses.
On Friday, February 17, they had left their home, like every day, to sell their products. However, they did not return home.
The crime perpetrated against minors was deplored and condemned on social networks by the governor of the state, Solomon Jara Crosswho undertook to clarify the case.
“We deeply regret and condemn the deaths of two miners in El Espinal, in the Isthmus region. Our government will do everything in its power to clarify the facts and punish those responsible with the full weight of the law (…) To defend the lives, especially those of our girls and boys, This is the highest mission of our government and we will always work to comply,” the president wrote on his official Twitter account.