Armed Individuals Attack The Morgue In Iguala And Burn A Corpse

Mica for cartelinsider.com

A group of armed subjects attacked the Forensic Medical Service (Semefo) in Iguala, Guerrero, where they beat the workers and burned the body of a person.

According to the media Quadratín, which cites versions from locals of the area, heavily armed men shot at the facilities of a funeral home that operates as a morgue around 8 in the evening.

According to these versions, the suspects also broke into the funeral home to commit more illicit acts, such as hitting and robbing employees of the site. To make matters worse, the armed group burned a body that was in one of the morgue’s slabs.

Quadratín, which also cites police sources, reports that the person who was burned was the corpse of an individual who died from ingesting brake fluid. The person had been admitted to the General Hospital early on Monday morning. After their death, they were taken to the Forensic Medical Service (Semefo).

Until now, it is unknown if this act is due to revenge from an organized criminal group.

The municipality of Guerrero remains under a wave of violence that has intensified in recent weeks, with attacks against candidates for the mayoralty and the murder of a former attorney general of the FGE.

On February 13th, a group of armed men shot and killed Omar Reina Abarca, leader of the Real de Oro taxi organization, in his offices in the Adrián Castrejón neighborhood.

The first reports state that the armed individuals fired at Reina Abarca, 38 years old, nine times.

On February 7th, the Prosecutor’s Office of Guerrero reported that it is investigating the double homicide in which Julio César Cruz Apac, former special prosecutor for Vehicle Recovery of the same autonomous organization, and Víctor Alonso Mendoza Castillo, former federal public ministry, passed away.

According to reports from the ministerial authority, this double murder occurred on the Iguala-Taxco highway at the height of the Fovisste neighborhood.

According to journalistic reports, these two people were traveling in an Audi van on Independencia Avenue, in front of the local offices of the Tax Administration Service (SAT), when armed men attacked them from another vehicle. After the attack, the former officials lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a public transport unit.

On this same road, on February 3rd, Erick Catalan, candidate for the municipal presidency of Iguala for the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), was attacked.

Because he was traveling in an armored truck with escorts, who were able to repel the attack, the Morena candidate emerged alive from that assassination attempt against him.

These events, among others, such as the threats from alleged members of the Michoacana Family, caused the cancellation of the Flag Fair.

“Given the climate of uncertainty generated by the events happening in our municipality, state and country; the council, the members of the board, the coordinators and the entire team responsible for the activities have made the decision to cancel all activities related to the Flag Fair,” reads the publication, in which the mayor apologized to his citizens.

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