Zihuatanejo: 4 PGR Agents executed and burned

Original article available at ZETA
Translated by El Wachito

 

At least four agents of the Procuraduria General de la Republica (PGR) were burned inside a pick up truck that was abandoned by an armed commando in the urban zone of Zihuatanejo.

The armed commando left a message in which they accused the elements of the Ministerial Police of having links to drug trafficking organizations.

According to official reports, around 1800 there was a report that an armed commando abandoned and set on fire a pick up truck in Colonia La Correa.



Several State Police and Soldiers, arrived at the scene and warn that there were dead bodies set over firewood.

At the side of the PGR official pick up truck, which was a Volkswagen Amarok with circulation plates HE95187, there was a Narcomessage with the following message: "This happened to me for working with the Guardia Guerresense. Att. S.N.G.".


Around 2100, the victims were identified as Federal Police agents attached to the PGR that is located in Zihuatanejo and their names are: Carlos Hernandez Oropeza, Rafael Arellano Alvarez, Jose Castro Olivo and Alberto Lazaro, who were previously kidnapped.

Authorities have not released an official statement.