Overview
- The Oaxaca prosecutor’s office arrested the Casa Hogar Patos general services chief, identified as E. J. B. Z., based on early forensic findings and witness statements.
- Investigators have presented three DIF personnel to the Ministerio Público to determine individual responsibility in the case.
- Governor Salomón Jara removed DIF state director Maribel Salinas Velasco, the shelters coordinator, and the Casa Pato director, with an administrative review underway.
- Firefighters recovered the sisters’ bodies after search protocols were activated at the shelter; early accounts described a broken septic cover with the children’s sandals found nearby.
- State authorities engaged Haiti’s embassy and are assisting the family, while civil society groups call for transparent inquiries and urgent inspections of migrant assistance centers nationwide.