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Cuernavaca .Morelos
The lifeless body of Antonio Roman Miranda, "La Mona", the presumed leader of the criminal organization "Los Rojos" was tossed on the side of highway Tequesquitengo-Tehuixtla ,in the municipality of Puente of Ixta, was confirmed by the Attorney General of the State (PGJE)
The lifeless body of Antonio Roman Miranda, "La Mona", the presumed leader of the criminal organization "Los Rojos" was tossed on the side of highway Tequesquitengo-Tehuixtla ,in the municipality of Puente of Ixta, was confirmed by the Attorney General of the State (PGJE)
Roman Miranda was identified by the government of Morelos as the leader of the cartel "Los Rojos". He escaped on December, 10, 2012 after being arrested when he and his then boss, Crisoforo Rogelio Maldonado Jimenez, "El Bocinas", were attacked by their rivals the "Guerreros Unidos".
The attack left both injured. Crisoforo was taken to the hospital, but Antonio escaped with the help of the ministerial police who have been linked to the escape. Meanwhile, Crisoforo was transported from IMSS to Medica Sur in Mexico City where sicarios disguised like nurses got access to his room and excecuted him.
The attack left both injured. Crisoforo was taken to the hospital, but Antonio escaped with the help of the ministerial police who have been linked to the escape. Meanwhile, Crisoforo was transported from IMSS to Medica Sur in Mexico City where sicarios disguised like nurses got access to his room and excecuted him.
The municipal police of Puente de Ixtla confirmed that around 9:00 pm they arrived to the location where there were two bodies with bullet wounds to the head. Antonio Roman Miranda was executed with three shots to the back of the head according to the Medical Examiner.
The identity of the alleged leader, Antonio Roman Miranda, was confirmed by the PGJE by fingerprint evidence.
Authorities have identified the nephew of Román Antonio Miranda, as one of the three young men executed and abandoned at the side of the Mexico-Acapulco highway.
The nephew of “La Mona,” Jose Trinidad Mena Mendez, 22, was executed along with Alexander Pineda Zamudio, 24, and Oscar Leon Horacio de la Rocha, 36, originating from Jojutla.
According to ministry officials, Jose Trinidad was also recognized as the leader of the southern part of the state, he was in charge of ordering “levantones”(kidnappings) in addition to the trafficking of drugs.
Jose Trinidad, Oscar Alexander and Horace were found shot to death, bound hand and foot, and dumped on one side of the Mexico-Acapulco highway, at km 125, up to deviation to Ixtla Bridge, where fourteen 9 mm caliber shell casings were found.
Thank you to Lacy & Emiliano
Sources used: Informado and Efekto Noticias