Original article available at El Sol de Zacatecas
Translated by El Wachito
During an operation lead by 3 levels of government, 10 individuals were arrested while they were transporting the dead bodies of 5 individuals on board two pick up trucks. One law enforcement agent among the arrested. This information was confirmed by Fiscal Eduardo Almaguer Ramirez.
According to government officials in charge of the security of the state, General Fernando Enriquez Mendez Gonzalez and Raul Alejandro Velazquez Ruiz secretary of State Public Safety, law enforcement agencies received a report to the emergency number 066 that around 01:58 there were armed man traveling on board two pick up trucks in the area of Tlaquepaque, Jalisco.
After the report was received, Immediate Reaction Personnel, which is a unit composed of Mexican soldiers, Federal police elements and Estate elements, located the reported vehicles, a white Dodge Ram and a Yukon GMC.
The vehicles were intercepted on Salvadores Street at the intersection of Carretera San Martin El Verde. Which is a colony located in the limits of Tlaquepaque and El Salto.
The Fiscal General Eduardo Almaguer, stated that during the inspection of the vehicles, 5 dead bodies were found in the cabin of the pick up truck. The bodies were covered in transparent plastic bags.
The bodies were tied by the hands and by the feet.
The arrested individuals were identified as Jose Fabian N, Edgar N., Jose N., Raul N., Miguel N., Arturo N. Yurko N., Javier N., Johnny N. and Oscar N. The government official in charge of the operation claimed that the individuals are being investigated for their relationship to other crimes.
ID of the arrested element |
Its important to address that one of the arrested individuals is an active element of the Fiscalia General, and he is currently being investigated for his participation in the crime. According Fiscalia General law enforcement agency, he will soon be separated from the service.
The victims are currently at the Forensic Service Institution of Jalisco for an autopsy in order to determine how they were executed.
"The investigations are currently in process, with the coordination of the Federal Police and the Fiscalia General, which is part of the strategy of the government to combat crime in the 50 municipal districts of Guadalajara", said Almaguer Ramirez.