The compatriot’s body arrived in El Salvador on Saturday with a flight from Cancun, Mexico. “It’s hard to digest,” said the Victoria family, who were killed by Mexican police during an arrest.
On Saturday morning, the remains of Victoria Salazar arrived at the “Óscar Arnulfo Romero” International Airport and were then taken to Sonsonate to be supervised by her family. Victoria was assassinated on March 27 by four police officers from Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
The coffin with the remains of the 36-year-old woman arrived in El Salvador in a plane in which the victim’s mother, Rosibel Arriaza, and Victoria’s two minor daughters also traveled.
Alfonso Olivares, Victoria’s father, made brief statements to the press a few moments after receiving his daughter’s remains in Sonsonate. Olivares said the family is shocked and trying to process the pain of killing Victoria, who had a visa to live as a migrant in Mexico.
Victoria’s body was guarded and followed by an extended security and storage protocol to be transferred to the funeral home. EDH Video / Jonathan Tobías – Illustrative and non-commercial video / courtesy @CiroGomezL
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“This is hard to digest, this brings a lot of mixed emotions, there is a lot of pain, dismay,” Victoria’s father told various media outside the funeral home.
Police guarded the transfer of the body from the airport to Sonsonate. Photo EDH / Yessica Hompanera
Olivares said that the family was not aware of the abuse that Victoria suffered with her current partner, because she did not comment on anything, and now they have become aware of this through various national and international media publications.
“We realize until now that he is in the news, before that I didn’t know anything. I didn’t know, I knew he was working in Mexico, but everything is new to us, “he said.
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Victoria’s body is hidden at the María Auxiliadora funeral home in Sonsonate. Outside the place there is a large security system, there were institutions such as the National Council for Children and Adolescents (Conna), which must 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, in which he stressed that “she was brutally treated and killed. It is a fact that fills us with pain, sorrow and shame. ” He also added that the four police officers in Tulum, a woman and three men, already have criminal proceedings.
“There will be no impunity,” the Mexican president said.
The victim’s family requested that his death not go unpunished, and the Salvadoran government provided assistance.
In Mexico, the four police officers linked to the Salvadoran’s murder will continue in prison while they are prosecuted.
GALLERY: “This brings a lot of mixed emotions and pain for our family”: Victoria’s father receives the remains of his daughter, killed by police in Mexico
Salazar was killed by Mexican police on March 27 in the city of Tulum, in the state of Quintana Roo. Photo EDH / Yessica Hompanera