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Mexico Begins Repatriation of Six Flotilla Activists After Transfer to Amman

The Foreign Ministry says the group left Ketziot under an embassy protection plan coordinated with Jordan.

Overview

  • SRE confirmed that Sol González Eguía, Ernesto Ledesma Arronte, Arlín Medrano Guzmán, Carlos Pérez Osorio, Diego Vázquez Galindo, and Laura Alejandra Vélez Ruiz Gaitán departed Israel for Amman and are en route to Mexico.
  • Ambassador Mauricio Escanero is accompanying the return under a consular protection protocol to ensure a safe journey.
  • Mexico thanked Jordan for facilitating entry as part of the transfer, following Israeli authorization granted on October 6.
  • The six were detained after Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud humanitarian flotilla in international waters and moved participants to Ashdod and the Ketziot facility.
  • Hundreds of activists have been deported or repatriated in recent days, while a small number remain in custody, including Spain’s Reyes Rigo according to officials and media reports.