Victoria Esperanza Salazar's family may begin to say goodbye to her.
The body of the migrant, who died brutally after being subdued by four Tulum police officers, arrived this Saturday morning in El Salvador on a flight from Cancun, Mexico, according to the Salvadoran government.
The Government of Mexico had previously announced on Twitter the transfer of the remains.
The journey of the coffin with the 36-year-old woman's body started around 5 a.m. from a modest funeral home in Tulum, where she was killed by police, about 81 miles (130 kilometers) from Cancun.
After two hours of travel, the float entered the customs area of the air terminal to carry out the procedures.
Salazar's two daughters, mother and brother traveled on a commercial plane that took off shortly after 9 am (local time).
Dozens of people gathered to hold a vigil for the death of the Salvadoran migrant. Getty Images
Salazar, who resided in Mexico on a humanitarian visa since 2018, was subjected by four policemen from this tourist city, who are already on trial for femicide.
The Quintana Roo State Attorney General's Office reported this Saturday that a control judge
accused the four municipal police officers of Tulum of femicide.
Through a statement, the Attorney General's Office of the State of Quintana Roo notified that in the bonding hearing and after the incorporation of evidence, the judge established
preventive detention
as
a precautionary measure
until the entire process lasts and granted the prosecutors four months complementary research.
She was the mother of two daughters, the eldest, 16, was missing for a few hours between Tuesday and Wednesday.
The young daughter is being sheltered in a public shelter after being abused by her mother's partner, who was arrested on Tuesday.
[The autopsy reveals that the Tulum police broke Victoria Salazar's neck. This is what is known about his death]
The mother has assured that she will ask the President of the United States, Joe Biden, shelter for her granddaughters.
Consider that they will not be safe in Mexico and much less in El Salvador.
Meanwhile, in Mexico City, hundreds of women took to the streets again this Friday to demand justice after the brutal murder of the Salvadoran woman.
"We are tired of being killed," said one protester.
Relatives of Victoria Salazar are already in Mexico to claim her body
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Salazar's partner, Hector N., accused of sexually abusing her and one of her daughters, has already been prosecuted for the crime of sexual abuse of a minor.
The float that transported the remains of Victoria Salazar arrived this Saturday at the funeral home where relatives would say their last goodbye.
"She was very hardworking"
Salazar sold food and fruits on the street, according to his brother-in-law, the brother of the man accused of sexual abuse, told Noticias Telemundo
"She sold pork rinds ...
She was a hard worker, she helped my brother a lot
," said Francisco Hernández.
He lived in a very poor neighborhood, far from the glamor that this heavenly tourist destination offers.
A woman with her face covered in a protest against the murder of Victoria Salazar in Mexico City, this Friday.
Salazar left Sonsonate, a town west of San Salvador, five years ago due to violence and to seek better opportunities for her 15- and 16-year-old daughters, her mother, Rosibel Emérita Arriaza, told The Associated Press.
A single mother, she arrived in Tapachula, on the border with Guatemala, where she made her refugee request.
The National Migration Institute confirmed this week that he had been granted this status.
[From El Salvador they demand justice for Victoria Salazar, killed by police submission in Mexico]
Later, he moved to Tulum, a city quieter than Cancun or Playa del Carmen but now facing difficulties due to its rapid development and increased criminal activity.
There she found cleaning work in local hotels and later had her daughters brought to Mexico.
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"I want justice for my daughter, because what they did to her is not fair," said Arriaza.
"She was a woman who was not armed, simply because she was a woman and I don't know what happened," he added.
The images of Salazar face down, handcuffed and with the knee of a policewoman around her neck were disclosed a week ago on networks and generated heavy convictions in both Mexico and El Salvador.
A few days ago, the autopsy revealed that Salazar died after having his neck broken.
The videos on the death of the Salvadoran recalled that of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 that sparked protests and demonstrations against racism in the United States.
With information from AP and EFE.