Sheinbaum says designer shooting unrelated to mayor arrest

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President Claudia Sheinbaum said an armed attack against the home and workshop of fashion designer Elvis Guerra in Juchitán, Oaxaca, was unrelated to the arrest of former mayor Miguel Sánchez Altamirano. According to ZETA Tijuana, Sheinbaum said Guerra had publicly reported the shooting after refusing to pay an alleged 200,000-peso extortion demand and that the designer later met with the president and Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch.

Sheinbaum said the federal investigation into Sánchez Altamirano had been underway for some time and involved alleged links to organized crime. ZETA Tijuana reported that federal forces connected the mayor and other operators to a criminal cell known as Los Cromo, which the story identifies with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Those links and the alleged extortion network remain claims attributed to officials and the source.

Security Secretary García Harfuch said authorities had also arrested additional suspects, including a former police chief, and were pursuing what officials described as a protection network around the alleged cell. The source reported that three people had arrest warrants for aggravated extortion and crimes against state security. The Financial Intelligence Unit also froze accounts and blocked resources that officials said were connected to the investigation.