Hurricane Erick’s toll in southern Mexico: Friday’s mañanera recapped

Federal and authorities officials provided an update connected the aftermath of Hurricane Erick astatine the commencement of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s property conference.

Sheinbaum herself confirmed 1 decease related to the hurricane earlier responding to a scope of questions from reporters, including ones astir the find of an amerciable lipid refinery and the apprehension of Mexicans successful migration raids successful the United States.

Sheinbaum confirms decease of babe owed to Hurricane Erick 

Sheinbaum noted that an babe drowned successful the authorities of Guerrero erstwhile helium was swept distant by floodwaters aft Hurricane Erick made landfall successful the neighboring authorities of Oaxaca connected Thursday morning.

The unfortunate was a one-year-old babe lad who died successful a swollen stream successful the municipality of San Marcos, located connected the Pacific seashore southbound of Acapulco.

Sheinbaum said that the authorities of Guerrero was assisting the boy’s family.

She said that determination were nary different reports of fatalities linked to Erick, which made landfall arsenic a Category 3 tempest successful the municipality of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, aboriginal connected Thursday.

After accelerated intensification, Hurricane Erick makes landfall successful Oaxaca arsenic a Category 3 storm

Earlier successful the property conference, National Civil Protection Coordinator Laura Velázquez reported that the hurricane toppled trees and inferior poles successful Guerrero and Oaxaca and tore expanse metallic roofs disconnected homes.

She besides noted that rainfall brought by the hurricane caused flooding successful streets and homes.

Oaxaca Governor Salomón Jara said that 39 municipalities successful the confederate authorities were affected by Erick. He said that the worst affected municipality was Villa de Tututepec, located northbound of Puerto Escondido.

Jara said that assorted communities successful that municipality, and successful Pinotepa Nacional, were inaccessible by roadworthy owed to floodwaters. He besides noted that flooding occurred successful Juchitán, a metropolis adjacent Salina Cruz connected the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Jara said that the Los Perros River successful the metropolis flooded, affecting immoderate 2,000 homes successful Juchitán. The politician besides noted that Hurricane Erick caused harm to papaya and lime crops successful Oaxaca.

“And immoderate boats and motors of fishermen were besides affected successful Puerto Escondido, Puerto Ángel and Pinotepa Nacional,” Jara added.

National Defense Minister Ricardo Trevillo reported connected the military’s exigency assistance enactment successful the aftermath of Hurricane Erick. (Presidencia)

National Defense Minister Ricardo Trevillo reported that 9,632 troops were deployed to Oaxaca to be to the aftermath of the hurricane, portion 11,876 were sent to Guerrero.

Some 12,000 troops were besides deployed to Chiapas, “which was besides expected to beryllium affected,” helium said.

Trevillo said that members of the equipped forces had completed a scope of tasks, including removing trees from roads, providing aesculapian assistance astatine shelters and distributing nutrient and h2o to affected citizens.

Sheinbaum said that a census to measure the harm caused by Hurricane Erick volition commence erstwhile the “emergency period” has concluded. She said that the census volition beryllium carried retired by the Welfare Ministry, which volition find which citizens are eligible for authorities support.

“In immoderate case, determination is already nutrient and market support,” Sheinbaum said.

‘We’re not going to support anyone progressive successful the merchantability of amerciable fuel’

A newsman suggested that employees of authorities lipid institution Pemex were progressive successful the cognition of a clandestine lipid refinery successful Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, that was unopen down this week by national authorities. She asked the president whether the probe into the amerciable refinery volition see the imaginable engagement of Pemex workers.

Security forces unopen down clandestine lipid refinery successful Veracruz

“We’re not going to support anyone,” Sheinbaum responded.

“… We’re not going to support anyone progressive successful the merchantability of amerciable fuel,” she stressed.

“… To physique a refinery of this benignant you fundamentally request chemic engineers,” Sheinbaum said. “They whitethorn oregon whitethorn not enactment astatine Pemex.”

222 Mexicans detained successful migration raids successful past 2 weeks

Sheinbaum said that 222 Mexicans person been detained successful migration raids successful the United States since June 6, the day U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried retired raids astatine a Home Depot and a textile mill successful Los Angeles.

Later successful the day, Foreign Affairs Ministry authoritative Roberto Velasco said that ICE has detained 1,154 Mexicans since United States President Donald Trump began his 2nd word connected Jan. 20.

“We person cognition of 111 ICE operations, successful which 5,719 radical person been detained, including 1,154 Mexican people,” helium told a property conference.

In the past 2 weeks, Velasco said that Mexicans were detained by ICE successful cities including Los Angeles and Omaha, and successful the municipality of Vinton, Louisiana.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])