Victims of shipwreck off Mexican coast were Salvadoran migrants headed to U.S.

Posted on: October 22nd, 2007
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“Most of the passengers on a boat that capsized off Mexico’s Pacific coast last week, killing at least 15, were Salvadoran migrants headed to the United States, President Tony Saca said on Sunday.

“This is a lamentable situation and we’ll do everything we can to get the bodies back to their families,” Saca vowed, saying a Salvadoran official had already traveled to Mexico’s Oaxaca state to handle the recovery.”*

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