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total of 22 people lost their lives 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 suspected perpetrator
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.
Trump, whose provocative broadsides against migrants have
angered many Mexicans, on Wednesday 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."
Texas was part of Mexico before it broke away in the 1830s, and
later joined the United States.
(Reporting by Dave Graham)
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