Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat
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The FederalCommissionerfor safety inMichoacán, AlfredoCastillo,confirmedthat the manfound deadin the municipality ofLázaro Cárdenas is the brotherServandoGomez"La Tuta", leader of the Knights Templar. (Caballeros Templarios). Castillo claims "maybe" the man committed suicide, because authorities "had him cornered" and that is why he may have taken his life. However it was neighbors that called the emergency line to report hearing a gunshot emit from the home, it seems preposterous, that they would take such action if authorities were already on the scene.
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Evidence recorded by the State Attorney's Office, indicate that suicide could be the cause of
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the death ofAchilles Gomez Martinez, brother of Servano Gómez Martínez aka, “La Tuta”, leader of the Caballeros Templarios.
Gomez Martinez, who was found this morning at his home in a subdivision of Lazaro Cardenas.
About 4AM, an emergency call was received at the 066 system, from a neighbor in the Fraccionamiento Tulipanes in the colonia Solidaridad.
The caller reported hearing the detonation of a firearm coming from the home of Gomez Martinez.
The caller reported hearing the detonation of a firearm coming from the home of Gomez Martinez.
Elements of the Federal Police and an ambulance arrived at the home and discovered the lifeless body of a man identified with the name Achilles Gomez Martinez.
According to the first report the body was found with a gunshot wound in the mouth. Suicide is expected but not yet confirmed by confirmed by the federal agency.
More than 50 elements cordoned off the area.
The Mexican Navy along with the federal agency of the attorney general, PGR, have begun the investigation, and also will attempt to positively identify the man.
However, some reports indicate that a gunshot residue test was conducted on the dead mans hands and was positive.
However, some reports indicate that a gunshot residue test was conducted on the dead mans hands and was positive.
The body was sent to Semefo.