Vidal Díazleal Ochoa said thanks to several citizen complaints and criminal intelligence work conducted jointly with the bodies that make up the National System of Public Security and the authorities of Guerrero, they were able to apprehend the alleged perpetrators of various crimes committed in the port city. He explained that on Friday Ricardo Reza Garcia was arrested, head of the bands of kidnappers, who had been directly related to the kidnapping of five people last January.
The arrest took place when members of the Deputy Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime (SEIDO) and the Attorney General's Office (PGR) arrested Ricardo Reza Garcia as he left a house on Farallón Avenue, Farallón subdivision, port of Acapulco riding in Chevy Cheyenne truck.
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At a press conference, Eduardo Sánchez, Undersecretary of Interior Ministry, and Vidal Diazleal , head of the Federal Police and Ministerial PGR, announced the capture. |
Vidal Díazleal Ochoa mentioned "El Reza" as one of those responsible for generating much of the violence in the town of Acapulco. Ochoa explained further that on January 4 at a service station, the criminal gang kidnapped five people, three of them minors, who were held captive in a safe house in the municipality, Vidal Díazleal said the day after the kidnapping of those five people, a woman member of the gang, who is in hiding, was captured by security cameras in a convenience store, making some purchases and withdrawing money from an ATM. She was later located at the safe house where the kidnappers had the abducted victims. The Federal Police discovered the bodies of two adults who were abducted on January 4 of this year and found more bones, probably from other victims of his crimes in the property's backyard.
After the arrest, Ricardo Reza Garcia and the others, were immediately transferred to the City of Mexico and made available to the authorities of the Federal Public Ministry to answer for the kidnapping and murder crimes the PGR attributed to them.
Meanwhile, Eduardo Sánchez, Undersecretary of Interior Ministry, stressed that the presentation of photographs of suspects is for victims to identify and report to the Attorney General of the Republic. The phone number 01 800 00 85 400 of "When citizens trust their authorities and they respond to this confidence, concrete results will follow, building a successful partnership we will achieve peace in Mexico." he concluded.
Guillermo Rios / El Sol de Mexico in Mexico City
Guillermo Rios / El Sol de Mexico in Mexico City
Sources: Univision, Puntorevista, OEM, Policiaca, Milenio
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10 Knights of Templar operating in Guanajuato Arrested
Leon, Guanajuato. February 24. - In a joint operation between the Attorney General of Guanajuato and the Ministry Public Security, 10 suspected members of Knights of Templar were arrested.
It has been four months since the current state public administration has been dismantling of 12 organized crime groups.
The state public safety secretary, Alvar Cabeza de Vaca, reported that the detainees were involved in several killings, kidnappings and extortion in the cities of León, Silao, Guanajuato, Irapuato and Salamanca.
During the operation they detained the gang leader, identified as Bogar Ricardo Espinoza Gonzalez and / or Oscar Fernandez Campos and / or Mauricio Correa Suástegui , nicknamed "El Niño" and / or "Baby", 25 years old.
In the same operation carried out Saturday, five A-R 15 assault rifles, two 5.56 rifles, five 9 milimeter calibre handguns were seized. Also the vehicles used to carry out their crimes of drugs sales, as well as four safe houses were confiscated.
Most detainees are from Morelia, Michoacan, identified as Jose Alfredo Guzman Villaseñor, nicknamed "El Chaparro", 23, Santiago Hernandez Resendiz, "The James", 25; Salvador Andrade Méndez, "The Viejon" 44, and Jose Luis Chavez Silva, "The Chelis" of 21.
Jesús Guía Rodríguez, also known as “El Demente”, 23 años; Alejandro Nicolás Padilla Palomares, “El Pelón”, 30; José Francisco Silva, “El Frank”, 28; Óscar Padilla Gómez, “El Jetón”, 30, y Bernardino Ayala, 37.
According to state prosecutors, these people are responsible for a series of extortion in the form of payment plaza dues, much to the detriment of merchants especially in the city of León.
In addition to being related to the activity of the sale and distribution of drugs, several of the accused are being investigated for their possible participation in the involvement of multiple murders in Leon, Silao and Guanajuato.
Sources: Excelsior, Reprtero.com