Threatening banner found outside Mexicali preschool
Original reporting: ZETA Tijuana
What happened
ZETA Tijuana reported that a banner threatening authorities and alleging support for Los Rusos was found outside José Vasconcelos preschool. Municipal police and state investigators cordoned off the area; the message’s author was not identified.
Reporting and context
A threatening banner aimed at police authorities was found outside the José Vasconcelos preschool in eastern Mexicali on Wednesday morning, October 21, according to ZETA Tijuana. The school is in the González Ortega neighborhood.
ZETA Tijuana reported that municipal police and personnel from the Baja California state prosecutor’s office responded after an alert to the emergency dispatch center. Officers found the banner near the preschool and cordoned off the area for investigators.
The message threatened government agencies, former municipal police officials and state prosecutor’s office personnel. It accused people it addressed of supporting the criminal group Los Rusos and referred to Pedro Mendivil and people identified as Madera and Palomo.
The banner also alleged that innocent people were being killed and threatened retaliation. Those statements were claims made in the message; the report did not identify its author or establish the alleged collaboration with Los Rusos.
At about the same time, a body with gunshot wounds and a separate threatening message were found near ejido Hermosillo, the outlet reported. The article described both discoveries but supplied no confirmed investigative link between them.
Original report — ZETA Tijuana