“Neither the federal government nor the locals help with emergency tasks, nor do they provide security for volunteers,” Arvizú told Siame.
Gunmen waylaid a group of volunteers bringing aid to earthquake victims in Mexico, shooting one, raping another and beating several, all for $2,000 and a few cellphones.
The group of Catholic youth volunteers left Mexico City in three pickup trucks loaded with food and relief aid for communities affected by the earthquakes in Oaxaca Tuesday morning, but a group of unidentified gunmen intercepted them and shot up their cars, wounding one of the volunteers, according to Siame. The gunmen raped one of the girls, beat one of the young men so severely that he almost died, and left with the volunteers’ phones and the contents of their vehicles.
Carlos Arvizú, Administrator of Papa Francisco Pro Felicitas AC, said that the situation in Mexico is even more dire now that volunteers are at risk of being killed, and accused the government of doing nothing about it.
“Neither the federal government nor the locals help with emergency tasks, nor do they provide security for volunteers,” Arvizú told Siame.
“If the government guaranteed the safety of the volunteers, this would not have happened. They are not helping, working or carrying food, neither the president nor the governors of the states…but the work they have to do, that of providing security to those who do help, is practically nothing,” Arvizú told the Associated Press.
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