“There are no elements that indicate that this is related to their mother’s activity as a member of a group search group,” he said.
However, members of the group confirmed to Reuters that the woman received threats prior to the attack. The victims were looking for a missing relative in February 2024.
With the death of Morales and Ramírez, there are already three members of the group who are killed since the finding of authorities still investigated.
Jalisco is one of the states with a higher number of reports of disappearance of people, according to official data, and is the cradle of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), to whom authorities accuse of forced recruiting young people and making people disappear.