Mexico City/The Cuban Ángel Corona, alias Bolitowas shot to death in Cancún on October 30. The 33-year-old man was one of the most 6,000 deported to Mexico by the Donald Trump Administration. His body is kept under refrigeration while the family finishes the procedures to return his remains to the Island, “it costs a lot of money,” he confirms to 14ymedio a source who requests anonymity.
As part of the process, the authorities informed the family that the body had to be claimed to prevent it from being buried in a mass grave. “The possibility of cremating him and bringing his ashes was discussed, but that cannot be done because they say in Mexico that it is a case of murder.”
The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Quintana Roo has not offered details of the case or whether an investigation was opened to find the criminals.
According to a person close to Corona, a sister of the deceased migrant and another relative are in Cancun to carry out the procedures, in addition to there being support from other relatives from the United States.
The Santiago native was abandoned without papers or money in Mexico almost five months ago. He moved to Cancún looking to settle down and then try to return to the United States.
The United States has not made public any deportation agreement with Mexico, nor the protocols they followed, although it has concluded agreements of this type with more than 30 countries. In turn, the Mexican government has repeatedly denied having signed a deportation agreement with Washington.
Currently, there are no official figures on the number of migrants from the Island who reside in the city. The updated records of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) are from 2020 with around 5,000 people from the Island. The agent says: “The majority entered the country irregularly.”
In the text, titled The need for active and impartial consular representationexpresses the “deep concern” of Cuban residents regarding “the lack of an official statement by the institutions.”
The case of Ángel Corona joins that of a Cuban whom the authorities identified as Juan “N”, who was murdered at the beginning of last October. Two people on a motorcycle shot him and fled. There has been no progress from those responsible.
In recent years, Mexico has been one of the main routes for Cubans trying to reach the United States, but also a blocking point for those who do not manage to cross, are detained or end up returned from US territory. Added to this situation are those who are stranded in southern Mexico, in immigration offices or on the northern border, without documents, without stable employment and without a clear way out.
