Two Mexican Air Force aircraft took off this Monday morning from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv (Israel) with There are 275 citizens on board who will be repatriated to the country in the next few hours.

This was announced on Sunday evening by Chancellor Alicia Bárcena on her X account, which states that the defense strategy implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) includes four humanitarian flights from Israel to Mexico, air transport this Sunday between Tel Aviv and Madrid, Spain, as well as ground evacuation to Jordan.

According to journalistic reports citing military sources, one of the planes is flying There are 137 Mexicans on board, while the other has 138.

Planes will make stops at Türkiye, Ireland, Canada and USA and they will arrive, as happened on Wednesday last week, at the Santa Lucia air base, where the Felipe Angeles International Airport is located.

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The 275 Mexicans on today’s flights add to the 287 from last week and 158 from this Sunday, giving A total of 720 Mexicans were evacuated by air. There is no data on the number of compatriots who left the conflict zone by land or on their own.

For the Mexicans who arrived in the Spanish capital on Sunday – 80 men, 69 women and 9 minors – Mexican Embassy in Spain managed to achieve a preferential price with Iberia airline.

This benefit will be available to up to 30 seats per day on direct flights between Madrid and Mexico. Spaces will be available starting Monday, October 16th until support is needed to return to Mexico.

In the first hours the embassy received 44 applications for the purchase of air tickets at a discounted price.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry indicated that it gives priority to these flights people in vulnerable situations: girls, boys and adolescents; people who are injured, injured or have illnesses; older people, people with disabilities and pregnant women.