A group of 81 people displaced by the war in Ukraine has arrived in Mexico. It is the first group that has escaped the conflict zone and has landed in the country after leaving Bucharest, the Romanian capital, on Thursday. The Mexican Air Force flight allowed 44 Mexicans and 28 Ukrainian family members to be evacuated. In addition, the departure of seven Ecuadorians, a Peruvian and an Australian was evacuated. "Families that were at risk of the bombing of Kyiv will soon be in Mexico City," Marcelo Ebrard, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, announced on his social networks.
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