Mexican people in Tonga recover after explosion: Mexican ambassador to New Zealand

Mexican Ambassador to New Zealand Alfredo Perez Bravo, Promised Two Mexicans living in Tonga, Leslie Elisa Nava Flores, 34, and David Olaf Santillan, 31, They are fine after the Hanga-Tonga Hanga volcano erupts and they are not in danger.

“We received the first email from the island sent to us by the Australian Embassy in Tonga. Eliza and David both contacted the Australian High Commissioner in Tonga and told us that they were fine and that they had already informed the family. […] And that If foreigners start leaving, we will support them to leaveIs the information we have“, The ambassador promised in an interview Millennium TV

The ambassador dismissed reports that there were other Mexicans in the Pacific archipelago and that an extra national was found. The same will be done for the expulsion from Tonga.

Perez Bravo He stressed that Eliza and David were in talks with Australian and New Zealand officials to facilitate their departure from Tonga. By humanitarian aircraft or commercial aircraft.

He said the immediate action of the authorities in Tonga was to clean up the ashes that had fallen at the airport. Both planes are convenient for arriving with humanitarian assistance and for taking other aliens out Citizens of New Zealand, Japan and South Korea.

“It will take time (restart contacts) as the whole island is disconnected. […] The submarine cable was broken […] Humanitarian aid planes cannot be flown. The eruption filled all 170 islands of Tonga with ash, the capital has an airport and it will be closed, “the ambassador added. With both Eliza and David there, all 109 thousand people are recovering communications“.

DMR