The US authorities found the body of the Honduran migrant Maynor Suazo, who died due to the collision of a container ship against the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, the Vice Foreign Minister of Honduras, Antonio García, reported this Friday.
The discovery of Suazo’s body was notified by the Honduran consulate in the United States, García told local media in Tegucigalpa.
“I can confirm that Maynor’s body was found and the authorities will immediately make arrangements” to repatriate the Honduran’s remains to his country, the vice chancellor stressed, without offering further details.
Martín Suazo, Maynor’s older brother, confirmed by telephone to EFE the discovery of the body of his relative, one of the six missing on March 27 due to the collision of a container ship with the Francis Scott Key bridge, in Baltimore (USA). USA).
From Azacualpa, western department of Santa Bárbara, where they are from, Martín indicated that Maynor’s body could be delivered next Monday.
Maynor, the youngest of eight children, four of whom live in Honduras and the rest in the United States, left for the United States 18 years ago, when he was 20 years old.
In statements to local media, Martín said that “this has been agony for the entire family” and that his other brothers who reside in the United States will be in charge of recognizing the body.
“So far it has been agreed as a family to repatriate the body to give it a Christian burial in Honduras, we hope to have the support and backing of the government,” he explained.
He also pointed out that his brother was married to the Honduran Berenice, and leaves an 18-year-old son in Honduras and a five-year-old son in the United States.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early on March 26 due to the impact of the container ship Dali, which suffered a power outage after leaving the port of Baltimore, one of the most important in the country.
Before the impact, the ship issued an alert, which allowed authorities to cut off traffic on the bridge, through which some 30,000 vehicles crossed every day, and avoid a major tragedy.
But six workers who were filling potholes on the bridge, all of them migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, died in the collapse and only two of the bodies had been recovered.
