Was It Or Was It Not An Attack? This Is What The FGJ Says About The Attack Against The Prosecutor Of The State Of Mexico.

Mica for cartelinsider.com

The General Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM) announced the initial investigations into the attack suffered by the convoy in which the head of the autonomous agency, José Luis Cervantes Martínez, was traveling in the afternoon of January 25 on the Mexico-Toluca highway, at the municipality of Ocoyoacac.

The State of Mexico Prosecutor’s Office stated that the convoy, consisting of two vans in which Cervantes Martinez and seven security personnel were traveling, as well as a motorcycle with two reaction team members, were “the subject of an attack” while en route to Mexico City, after a van with strange compartments.

The local Public Ministry mentioned that as part of the first interviews conducted with the members of the prosecutor’s escorts, it was determined that the matte-colored, polarized glass van with license plates from the State of Mexico began to closely and continuously follow the official convoy in the same lane.

According to the authorities, this vehicle was being driven by Julio César “N” and started following the official convoy from the municipality of Ocoyoacac to the toll booths that lead to Mexico City and La Venta-Naucalpan.

In this stretch of highway, “the escort vehicle that was traveling between the Attorney General’s van and the motorcycle, was subjected to dangerous approaches” by the attacker’s van.

For this reason, the prosecutor’s safety elements verbally and physically cautioned Julio César “N” to “desist from his risky behavior”. However, Julio César “N” attempted to collide with the official vehicle from the side so that it would crash into the security barrier.

The ministerial authority mentioned that the actions of the attacker were carried out just when the truck “was traveling over a high-rise vehicular bridge, compromising the life or physical integrity of its occupants”.

The escorts showed Julio César their weaponry in an attempt to dissuade him once again; however, the aggressor, in his truck, violently collided with the official vehicle on multiple occasions.

Therefore, “the gunner of the pair operating the motorcycle, fired his service weapon against the tires of the aggressor vehicle, in order to disable it. The aggression did not stop, but instead intensified.”

Meanwhile, the prosecutor’s escorts noticed a firearm that the aggressor was carrying, so the security personnel shot at the vehicle’s engine. An official convoy intercepted the aggressor further ahead.

Julius Caesar refused to get out of the vehicle, so the agents fired their weapons at the tires and engine of the vehicle to prevent the attacker from escaping.

After the arrest of the attacker, who was unharmed, the security personnel found “a firearm of the rifle type with a loaded magazine of three usable cartridges and three fired casings, all of 7.62 x 39 caliber.”

A “tactical jacket” was located, a green kangaroo bag containing bags with alleged narcotics, various credentials among which some apparently apocryphal ones were identified with official logos, a metal boxer-like glove, a glass bottle containing alcoholic beverage, a short blunt weapon with a metal blade and black plastic handle, as well as various items allegedly related to ritual practices.

Mexican authorities mentioned that the official vehicle had three bullet impacts, while the aggressor’s truck had a total of 31 firearm holes.

As a result of these events, a bodyguard was injured in the groin and was discharged on the morning of January 26th.

“The initial weighting of the evidence available at this time does not allow for establishing that the behavior displayed by the aggressor was a conscious or targeted action against the FGJEM,” reads the statement from the authorities.

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