According to Mejía Berdeja, the alleged criminal leader headed a cell dedicated to the distribution of synthetic drugs to the United States.
The capture of “El Seven” coincided almost at the same time with the murder of local deputy Gabriela Marín, recorded on October 5 in Cuernavaca.
But along with this violent event, homicides, shootings and kidnappings have also been reported in different points in the entity.
Due to this situation and after the murder of Gabriela Marín, Morelos legislators raised their voices to denounce that violent acts are recorded in the entity on a daily basis, for which they requested the intervention of the federal government.
Just last October 14, in the municipality of Cuautla, the discovery of two bodies was also reported, one of them dismembered in the Revolution neighborhood and another in the trunk of a car located on the Cuautla highway to the Hospital; The victim had gunshot wounds.
While this October 17, a wave of violence was also recorded after a confrontation was captured between elements of the National Guard (GN) and armed civilians in the Rubén Jaramillo neighborhood, municipality of Temixco.
In this regard, Uriel Carmona, prosecutor of Morelos, reported that said violent act, in which one person lost his life, was a confrontation between the authorities and a gang dedicated to vehicle theft and drug dealing.
Kidnappings in Morelos
The most recent report from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), dated September, reports a total of 19 kidnappings throughout 2022 in that entity.
According to the Stop Kidnapping organization, Morelos is one of the entities with the highest number of kidnappings from December 2018 to September 2022, with 194 reports, two of them registered in September of this year.
homicides in the state
According to the SESNSP crime incidence report, in September 2022, 106 homicide victims were reported in Morelos, five more victims than in August (101).
Although throughout the year, the report is 969 homicide victims, of which 759 victims of intentional homicide, 565 with firearms and 32 with bladed weapons.
