The authorities have arrested and prosecuted 21 alleged murderers of journalists, six more than up to the middle of last March. On her return to public activities, following recovering for the second time from COVID-19, the Secretary of Public Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, reported that in all the investigations into the homicides of communicators in 2022 there is progress and clarified that no folder is closed.
© Photo: Presidency of the Republic.
After recovering from her second COVID-19 infection, the Secretary of Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, returned to her public activities.
“Of the six cases there are 21 arrests and ties, what does it mean? That these people are behind bars and undergoing a corresponding criminal trial in all cases. There are people, who we are still searching for, who we already know are identified, we already know the names,” he said. Until March 17, the federal authorities reported the arrest of 16 alleged murderers, a figure that in three weeks rose to 21. According to the organization Article 19, in the first three months of the year, seven journalists have been murdered: – José Luis Gamboa Arenas, on January 10 in Veracruz. -Margarito Martínez Esquivel, on January 17 in Tijuana, Baja California. -Maria de Lourdes Maldonado, on January 23 in Tijuana, Baja California. -Roberto Toledo, on January 31 in Michoacán. -Heber Fernando López, on February 10 in Oaxaca. -Juan Carlos Muñiz Hernández, on March 4 in Fresnillo, Zacatecas. -Armando Linares López, on March 15 in Zitácuaro, Michoacán. In the Zero Impunity report, the secretary did not present details of the murder of Roberto Toledo, who was a collaborator with Monitor Michoacán.
For the murder of Gamboa Linares, the secretary explained that the mobile and the material and intellectual authors of the murder of the communicator, who collaborated in the digital newspaper Inforegio, have already been identified. In the case of the murder of the photographer Margarito Martínez, it was reported that so far 10 suspects have been arrested and three people have been linked to the process. For the murder of journalist Lourdes Maldonado, so far three individuals have been linked. Homicide of Heber López: two suspects have been arrested and two more are linked to trial. This investigation is in charge of the Attorney General of the Republic, which attracted the investigation. The investigation into the murder of Juan Carlos Muñiz also advanced, a person suspected of being involved in the murder in Zacatecas was arrested. For the murder of Armando Linares López, three alleged perpetrators have been identified. The Michoacán State Prosecutor’s Office offers a reward for anyone who provides information on two of them.
Five arrested for multi-homicide in Zinapécuaro The Secretary of Security reported that elements of the Sedena and the National Guard arrested five members of La familia Michoacana, who were allegedly involved in the multi-homicide of 19 people in an attack inside a palenque on March 27. Due to the armed confrontation in the Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro community, Michoacán, which left four dead, the secretary explained that 30 people have been linked to the process.