This Tuesday the 11th, following maintaining a blockade for approximately two hours, a group of people finally managed to free two young people, Sergio, 29, and Iván, 19, who were arrested while participating in a pursuit by municipal police officers. where a third companion lost his life, presumably due to the shooting of the agents once morest the vehicle.
It was around 3:00 p.m. that the large concentration, mainly from the Santa Elena ejido, took up positions on the San Pedro-Saltillo federal highway, at the height of the offices of the Laguna II Delegation of the State Attorney General’s Office, where they placed stones, tires, branches and set them on fire.
According to the relatives of the detainees, the incident occurred early Monday morning where A 19-year-old young man, identified as Francisco Javier, died as a result of a gunshot wound to the neck and the other two people who are related to each other, were insured by personnel from the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC), since they affirm that they intended to frame them for the young man’s homicide; They even said that to justify the detention, they were found responsible for the possession of narcotics, for which they were transferred to the municipality of Torreón.
According to the protesters’ versions, those indicated were beaten and forced to sign documents to hold them responsible. Reason why they decided to block the road.
After the pressure, representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office approached and to convince them to leave, they agreed to transfer them to San Pedro to deliver them, following 6:00 p.m., who arrived at the Delegation aboard official vans, where they They also presented a large concentration of elements of the Reaction Group, the Coahuila Civil Police and the State Prosecutor’s Office, who were waiting for what the protesters would do.
(THE CENTURY OF TORREÓN)