The six Mexican citizens who were arrested in Israel after participating in the so -called Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian mission to Gaza, were released and began their repatriation to Mexico, the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE) announced on Tuesday.
The Foreign Ministry reported in a statement that the six people, identified as Sol González Eguía, Ernesto Ledesma Arronte, Arlín Medrano Guzmán, Carlos Pérez Osorio, Diego Vázquez Galindo and Laura Alejandra Vélez Ruiz Gaitán, were transferred from Israel to Amán, the capital of Jordan.
“The Foreign Ministry appreciates the support of the Government of Jordan, before which the diplomatic efforts that allowed the entry of our nationals to that country were carried out,” said the note.
The six activists were part of the international humanitarian flotilla that sought to break the maritime block imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip, with the declared objective of delivering help and expressing solidarity with the Palestinian population.
The Sumud Global Flotilla was intercepted in international waters by Israeli forces last week before reaching its destination.
After their arrest, the Mexicans were taken to the Ktziot detention center, in southern Israel, where the Mexican ambassador to that country, Mauricio Escanero, visited them on the weekend.
MOST CONTEXT: Mexico receives authorization from Israel to repatriate nationals
Other members of the flotilla are repatriated by Israel
The SRE then said that everyone was in good health and maintained constant communication with the Mexican authorities.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has remained in permanent contact with the relatives of the nationals who are being repatriated, and reiterates that their priority is to guarantee the security and physical integrity of all Mexicans abroad,” he added.
The liberation and repatriation of Mexicans occurs in the midst of the tension that persists in the region, aggravated by the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the actions of international organizations that denounce the restrictions on the entry of help to the Palestinian enclave.
Mexico expressed in international forums its opposition to the restrictions on humanitarian assistance in Gaza and filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court for possible Israel war crimes in the enclave.
Among those released from the flotilla by the Israeli government, there is a group of 21 Spanish activists, who landed in Spain with eight companions from the Netherlands and Portugal.
With EFE information
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