The former mayor of Taxco Omar Jalil Flores Majul was attacked by gunfire on the Iguala-Cuernavaca highway near the Zacapalco booth, in the municipality of Buenavista, Guerrero.
Sources from the Security Secretariat confirmed the attack and announced a deployment to search for the aggressors.
According to the information available so far, the former mayor and former deputy was traveling in his private truck when he was intercepted by armed individuals who attacked him and fortunately he emerged unharmed from the attack.
Regarding the incident, sources from the State Prosecutor’s Office indicated that it was an attack to take away his vehicle, other versions indicate that it was an attempt to kidnap him and he, in statements by telephone to reporters, informed them that they tried to pick him up and warned that they would It is about a fact linked to political issues.
Omar Jalil is currently seeking to be a candidate again for the municipal presidency of Taxco, a municipality that has been hit by violence as a result of the territorial dispute between criminal groups and where a few days ago there was also an attack against the current mayor Mario Figueroa World .
In Taxco it is also highlighted that in the last days of last year a criminal group deprived 12 city council workers of their freedom and of these at least 9 are still missing.
The transport sector was also threatened and attacked and the entire sector was detained for two weeks. In the case of participants in the Holy Week activities, extortion and threats to penitents have also been reported, despite this this year it is confirmed that the entire penitents ritual will be carried out.
Originally published in El Sol de Acapulco
2024-02-26 23:11:06
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