Segob denies prohibition of US military overflow for airspace from Mexico with Guatemalan migrants

The Ministry of the Interior (Segob) reported that no authority of USA has requested authorization to overfly For Mexican airspace, this after some media said that Mexico He had prohibited him.

This afternoon a plane of the United States Air Force that transported to 80 migrants handcuffed with hands and feet from Texas towards Guatemala, avoided surviving for Mexico, according to the border patrol spokesman Orlando Marrero Rubio to the AP agency.

After making this news known, various media said that Mexico had banned the airspace to said military flight.

Due to the above, the Ministry of the Interior explained that the United States did not request authorization To overvalue in national territory, as established by protocols in the matter.

In addition, he assured that there is permanent communication with authorities from the United States, and so far, the Ministry of National Defense (Defense) has not had any requirement on military flights in airspace.

It is worth mentioning that the flight that departed from Fort Bliss, an army base in El Paso, Texas, had a scheduled duration of 7 hours, this because it was prohibited from flying over the Mexican Air Spaceaccording to Marrero Rubio to AP.

However, the Border Patrol spokesman also explained that the decision not to fly over Mexican territory was due to the fact that it is necessary agree with the country in advance.

“There are some countries that do not like military planes to enter their territory (…) It is something that logistically has to remember with the country in advance because you do not want a plane to have to turn around,” he told AP.

These events happen after last January 24 was reported by the American media NBC that Mexico had denied access to a flight with deported migrants from the United States.

Due to the tensions that exist between Mexico and the United States in relation to the mass deportations of undocumented people and the imposition of 25%tariffs, the president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has reiterated on several occasions that he will always receive Mexicans who return to the country with open arms.

In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sre) has pointed out that a good relationship with the United States is maintained and cooperate with respect to sovereignty.

“Mexico has a very good relationship with the United States government and we cooperate with respect to our sovereignty in a wide range of issues, including migration. In the case of repatriations, we will always accept the arrival of Mexicans and Mexicans to our territory with open arms, ”he explained in a document.

For his part, Sheinbaum reported during his morning press conference that from January 20 to 28 of the same month more than 6,200 people have been deported to Mexico, of which more than 75% are Mexican.