On Wednesday, Mexico ’s government pressed the United States to cooperate in helping to identify white supremacists that pose a threat to its citizens after a weekend shooting in El Paso, Texa s that killed eight Mexican nationals.
A total of 22 people were murdered in the shooting at a Walmart store, an event Mexico has vowed to investigate as an act of terrorism . It said it may also request the shooter be extradited to Mexico for trial .
In a diplomatic note published by the Foreign Ministry , the Mexican government said it wanted U.S. authorities to share all information on the El Paso case to “determine if there are other individuals and potential organizations of ‘ white supremacy ’ seeking to put our community in danger in the United States.”
Saturday’s attack caused widespread consternation in Mexico at a time of recurring diplomatic tensions between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and the Mexican government over trade and immigration .
On Wednesday Trump , whose r ecurrent attacks against migrants have angered many Mexicans and Hispanics , visited hospitals where victims of the shooting were treated in El Paso .
The Mexican diplomatic note , which was addressed to the U.S. embassy in Mexico , urged the United States to “make happen” the words Trump used on Monday when he called on Americans to “condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy”.
A four-page statement believed to have been authored by the suspected shooter Patrick Crusius , and posted on 8chan, an online message board often used by extremists , called the El Paso attack “a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas .”
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