The actress joined the voices of public figures who condemned the violent act, on the other hand, Stephen King and Olivia Rodrigo pointed out the importance of regulating the arms sales
< /p>Salma Hayek said she was moved and asked that all children have a safe space in their schools (Photo: Instagram/@salmahayek)
Due to the recent armed attack in Texas, United States, the Veracruz actress Salma Hayek sent a message regarding the situation; It was on the morning of May 24 that 18-year-old Salvador Ramos walked into Robb Elementary School and shot several students.
“My soul aches for Uvalde and his community. Children deserve to go to school and live without fear ”, she wrote in a temporary story of her Instagram account. It should be noted that the minors who were attacked had Mexican roots.
Hayek accompanied his publication with a photograph of the victims of the shooting that shocked the population nationwide. world. According to the most recent reports, most of the girls and boys who died were between 9 and 10 years old.
Both international artists and various political figures also reacted to the situation. For her part, the young singer Olivia Rodrigo spoke out in favor of gun regulation in the United States; Coinciding with her, Stephen King , the writer of horror books such as Carrie and The Shining wrote the following on her Twitter account :
This was Salma Hayek’s message (Photo: Instagram/@salmahayek)
“Two days of outrage on Twitter is not enough. When you vote this fall, vote for gun control.”
Singer Taylor Swift She said that she was full of anger and pain at the situation, which is why she showed her opinion on Twitter “So broken by the murders in Uvalde. Pfor those of Buffalo, Laguna Woods and so many others. Because of the way in which, as a nation, we have conditioned ourselves to unfathomable and unbearable anguish,” he wrote.
As for Mexican politics, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) deplored the massacre at said elementary school in Texas, in the United States (USA), which has left at least one twenty deceased; most students between 7 and 10 years old.
Relatives of the victims during the funeral of one of the children (Photo: REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona)
“Send my condolences, my pain (…) Send them a big hug as we do with all those who lose their lives in our country. It hurts us a lot that there are these misfortunes”, he expressed in his morning conference.
At that time, López Obrador did not rule out that most of them are of Mexican origin.
“Directly, born here, you don’t know. That they are of Mexican origin, the majority, there is no doubt. Just look at the last names. They are children, grandchildren, of Mexicans.”
How was the violent incident at the elementary school in Texas
A small town in Texas, near the border with Mexico, was in mourning on Wednesday after a teenager killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school, in the latest spasm of America’s gun violence epidemic.
The shooter, Salvador Ramos, was apparently inside the building for at least three-quarters of an hour before Border Patrol agents stormed a classroom and killed him, according to the timeline provided by Victor Escalon, director regional Department of Texas. Public Safety.
The school usually has an armed school safety officer. But when Ramos arrived Tuesday, “there was no readily available, armed officer,”, and the gunman entered the building “without hindrance,” Escalón said.
Law enforcement authorities faced criticism and reproach from parents for the amount of time that passed before they entered the premises.
Given the situation, it was announced that the president of the United States and the first lady, Jill Biden will go to offer their condolences and show respect to the families touched by the tragedy, according to the Casa White