Ernesto Martínez Elorriaga
Correspondent
La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, December 5, 2024, p. 6
Morelia, Mich., After the municipality of Cotija, Michoacán, remained without authority in the city council for six months, yesterday morning Blanca María Ibarra Ochoa took office as substitute mayor, since the councilor elected on June 2, PAN member Juan Pablo Aguilar Barragán never held office and requested leave for personal reasons.
Cotija borders Jalisco and faces serious security problems.
On September 23, 2023, then-municipal Yolanda Sánchez Figueroa was deprived of her freedom in Zapopan, Jalisco, by alleged hitmen from the Jalisco cartel. New Generation (CJNG), who released her three days later.
On June 3, Yolanda Sánchez was shot to death along with one of her bodyguards by armed individuals in the center of that city. The attack was committed at 9 p.m., near the main square, a few meters from the municipal presidency and the local police base.
Yesterday, in an extraordinary session, the state Congress sworn in the new mayor Blanca María Ibarra, who declared that she will not request personal security and has not received threats.
In this district, located in the Ciénega de Chapala region, three criminal groups operate, one from Jalisco and two from Michoacán.
On the other hand, four people were found dead yesterday morning in the Álvaro Obregón and Tarímbaro municipalities – both close to Morelia – reported the state’s Public Security Secretariat.
A body was in the trunk of a vehicle, on the side of the main square of the municipal seat of Álvaro Obregón. A few kilometers away, heading to the international airport, near the town of Chehuayo, there was another lifeless man.
In the town of Las Palmas, municipality of Tarímbaro, the remains of two men were found that showed signs of violence and gunshots.
In this same area, near the toll booth on the Mexico-Guadalajara highway, on Tuesday afternoon, authorities reported the location of the body of the municipal treasurer of Zinapécuaro, Heriberto González, who had been missing for three days.
In recent weeks, the municipal presidencies of Zinapécuaro and Queréndaro have been attacked, presumably due to disputes between antagonistic organized crime groups.
