Ricardo Mejia Berdejaundersecretary of Public security (SSPC), reported according to the first investigations cannot be stated that there has been a shooting close up of 17 people on San Jose de Gracia Michoacanbecause, indicated, there was no synchronized action to commit this offence.
In a morning press conference, the undersecretary pointed out that according to witnesses, Abel “the old man and/or El Toro”, he shot once morest Alejandro N, aka “El Pelon” – both cell leaders Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) – with whom he had old quarrels and who had threatened him with death, which caused a scuffle.
“Some witness points out that Abel N himself shot Alejandro N, depriving him of his life, and at that moment, when the shots were fired, a scuffle broke out, in which there were predictably other people deprived of life, and that is the video that appears in some social networks.
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“It cannot be seen that there was a single line, that is, that thesis of the supposed execution, but that when the assassins were there, when there was fire, they began to shoot, but there was not, let’s say, an action, let’s say synchronized to commit this illicit,” he said.
At the National Palace, the undersecretary pointed out that there is no certainty of the number of deaths and reported that some anonymous complaints have already begun to be received regarding probable places where the bodies might have been deposited.
He indicated that Abel N is already indicted as the probable material and intellectual author of these events.
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In the Treasury room, Mejía Berdeja indicated that it is striking and that it is part of the investigations that Abel N’s group arrived at the scene of the events with objects to be able to inject water and try to erase evidence, “which is totally atypical and It will be investigated.”
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