Emir Olivares and Nestor Jimenez
Newspaper La Jornada
Friday, July 1, 2022, p. 6
Given the indications that Tamaulipas officials are allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Antonio de la Cruz, the investigation was brought to the federal level, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reported in the morning at the National Palace.
He stressed that there was no resistance from the government of Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca so that the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), through the Special Prosecutor’s Office for the Attention of Crimes Committed against Freedom of Expression (Feadle), carry out the investigations of the murder of newspaper reporter Express-The Reason, perpetrated on Wednesday outside his home, in Ciudad Victoria.
The Attorney General’s Office acted consistently; They even asked us to help, because we have a first-rate investigation team that has helped us clarify all the cases that have come to light; To a large extent, because the local authorities also support it, but it is a team that is sent to investigate in depth, thus avoiding actions that divert the truth from the facts, influence and seeking to cover up murders
asserted the president.
-If any state authority is involved, will they be sanctioned, even if they are close to the governor? –He asked.
-Whoever it; there is no impunity, whoever it is. He may be a son of mine, to make it clearer. No one is protected, just as crimes are not fabricated, there is no impunity either, and we have no commitments to vested interest groups.
Coordination with Tamaulipas
The President pointed out that even though there are differences between his administration and the outgoing government of Tamaulipas, when it comes to security, coordination is sought
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For his part, the undersecretary of federal Public Security, Ricardo Mejía Berdeja, reported that work is already under way to find those responsible for De la Cruz’s murder.
He explained that the FGR requested collaboration from the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection to get to the bottom of this crime.
In another case that has shocked both the country and abroad, he reported that this weekend the body of the young Debanhi Escobar Bazaldúa – whose death in Nuevo León points to a possible femicide – will be exhumed to define the causes of her death. .
