President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday called for the immediate repatriation of six Mexicans who were taken to Israel after Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla that was carrying aid bound for the war-torn Gaza Strip. Sheinbaum had noted that Israeli authorities said that the Mexicans would be taken to a detention facility. Sheinbaum said that the second diplomatic note, sent on Tuesday, asked Israel to explain the grounds on which the Mexicans would be “intercepted,” if that indeed happened. “They haven’t committed any crime and they should be handed over to Mexican authorities [in Israel] for their repatriation,” she said. “And we demand for the humanitarian aid to arrive [in Gaza] and for this harassment against Gaza to stop,” Sheinbaum said.