Mexican Student Who Interrupted Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Deported By Norway Fox News Latino
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After running onto the stage waving a Mexican flag that he had apparently smuggled into the heavily guarded ceremony, Cortes Salas was whisked away by a guard. (Noticias.com)

Yucatan Times Update: With relatives, friends and supporters yelling slogans like “you are not alone” and “we are all Ayotzinapa”, Adán Cortés arrived on a flight from Germany to the International Airport of Mexico City.

A Mexican student who briefly disturbed the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Malala Yousafazi last week has been deported by Norway.

Adan Cortes Salas’ attorney Jen-Ove Hagen told the Associated Press the 21-year-old international relations students was deported Monday after Norwegian immigration authorities rejected his application for political asylum.

Hagan declined to comment on further details and said authorities “apparently were under some pressure” to reach a speedy decision.

Cortes Salas, who was in Norway as part of a holiday trip that took him to different countries around the world, jumped on stage in the middle of the Nobel prize ceremony last Wednesday and waved a Mexican flag.

According to his brother, Austin Cortes, the intention was to highlight the ongoing case of Missing college students from Ayotzinapa in the state of Guerrero in September.

Cortes Salas was fined 15,000 kroner ($2,100) for disturbing the peace.

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A brave young man holding a Mexico flag jumped on stage to stand by Nobel peace prize laureate Malala Yousafzai and ask for help as she received the award in Oslo, Norway last week. (Euronews)

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