That Cuban immigrant Zulia Sarmiento BenavidesThe 35-year-old died in a traffic accident Honduraswhile crossing this country illegally, towards the Mexico’s border with the United States.
According to the Honduran broadcaster HCH TV, the terrible incident happened in the early morning hours of June 18 at kilometer 13 of the highway that runs from Tegucigalpa to the south of the country. In addition to the deceased were involved four other undocumented immigrants from the island.
The vehicle transporting the migrants went off the road due to poor visibility due to fog, a common weather phenomenon in the area in summer. The young Cuban She was traveling with her daughtera girl under 11 who fortunately was not seriously injured.
It is expected that Sarmiento Benavides’ family will be able to arrive in the Central American nation from Miami in the next few hours to process paperwork, transfer his remains to Cuba and care for the little girl. The body is being protected at the Forensic Medicine and Medicine Center in the Honduran capital.
The area in which the incident occurred has become frequent passage for immigrants who want to reach Mexico, so several similar events have been reported recently. According to the authorities, most undocumented immigrants come from Cuba, besides Cubans Venezuela, Haiti, Colombia, Brazil and some African nations.
Unfortunately, the number of deaths of Cubans entering the United States illegally has recently increased as a result of the alarming migration crisis affecting the country. A few days earlier a Cuban woman died in Honduras of all placeswhen he was on a migration route from Nicaragua to the United States.
His death occurred on March 4, according to the Spanish news agency EFE. The Honduran government did not reveal the identity of the deceased, but gave the cause of death as cardiac arrest at a hospital in El Paraíso department, a town on the Nicaragua border.
At least three other migrants, including two babies, have died in the Central American country while transiting to the United States. These people were of Brazilian, Chilean and Haitian origin. Before these incidents, Human Rights Commissioner Blanca Izaguirre called on the Honduran Presidency to sanction the decree granting immigration amnesty to thousands of migrants passing through the country.
Also at the end of May last year other undocumented Cubans died in a traffic accident in Mexico. Six people were killed: four women and two men from Cuba, Honduras and El Salvador.
The incident happened after the bus that was transporting them crashed into a ravine in San Luis Potosí. In addition to the casualties, 19 injuries were reported, including a six-month-old baby and another under eight, who were taken to nearby hospitals.
On March 15, 2022 three Cuban immigrants died in another traffic accident, this time in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz. The incident occurred in the La Tinaja-Cosoleacaque section, near the municipality of Juan Rodríguez Clara, when the driver of a Toyota van, model 2019, lost control of the vehicle and overturned on the side of the road.