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Abducted man found dead in Culiacán

Noroeste Seguridad ·

Original reporting: Noroeste Seguridad

What happened

Briayan Omar “E”, 26, was found dead in Villa Universidad on November 13, two days after his reported abduction in Villa Bonita, Noroeste reported.

Reporting and context

A 26-year-old man reported missing after an abduction was found dead Friday morning in northern Culiacán, according to Noroeste. The victim was identified as Briayan Omar “E”.

He had been abducted on the night of November 11 in the Villa Bonita development. A missing-person notice was issued after his disappearance to seek the public’s help locating him, Noroeste reported.

His body was discovered on November 13 on the sidewalk at Heráclito and Parménides streets in Villa Universidad, a block from Universitarios boulevard. Authorities received the report of a dead person at about 8:20 a.m.

The article described a message painted in white spray paint on the victim’s arms and attributed it to a criminal group. The report did not name the group. That attribution does not establish who abducted or killed him.

State preventive police, municipal officers and Mexican Army personnel went to the scene and cordoned off the area. State prosecutors’ investigators and forensic specialists were expected to process the scene and transfer the body to the forensic medical service for the legally required examinations.

Source: Noroeste

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