The Public Prosecutor’s Office state of Guerrero, in southern Mexico, He reported that two armed attacks leave a partial balance of 18 people dead, among which is the mayor of Totolapan, Conrado Mendoza Almeida, his father and several officials plus.
The first attack was against the headquarters of the Municipal Palace where the facade received a flurry of heavy caliber shots, while the second occurred in a nearby place where it was developed a meeting led by the mayor Conrado Mendoza Almeida.
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Among the people identified is also the director of Public Security of the municipality, Freddy Martínez Suazo; the advisor to the president, Roberto Mata Marcial; the administrator of the health jurisdiction 01 of Tlapehuala, Genesis Araujo Marcos, as well as two security agents of the mayor.
Furthermore, it was reported that three injured people were airlifted for care.+
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Meanwhile, through a statementthe governor of the state of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado Pineda, regretted the assassination of the mayor, condemned the events and assured that there will be no impunity.
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The parliamentary group of Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in Congress local, to which the murdered mayor belonged, He urged the Prosecutor’s Office to find those responsible.
The National Executive Directorate of #PRD condemns the cowardly murder of our colleague Conrado Mendoza Almeda, Mayor of San Miguel Totolapan, #Warrior. we demand justice @FGEGuerreroEnough of violence and impunity. pic.twitter.com/MWq1IFbm0u
– PRD (@PRDMexico) October 5, 2022
The attack was attributed to the criminal group Los Tequileros, what minutes after the fact released a video on social networks in which he announced his return to that region to dispute control of the area.
Videos | The criminal group “Los Tequileros” claimed responsibility for the armed attack on the City Hall of San Miguel Totolapan, Tierra Caliente de Guerrero, in which more than 15 people would have died, including Mayor Conrado Mendoza and his father, Juan Mendoza. pic.twitter.com/mHToracKlV
– Now Warrior (@NowGro) October 5, 2022
