Fresnillo, Zacatecas: Last Goodbye Given To Policewomen Killed Along With Her Father

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

The tribute was at the Municipal Public Security Directorate of Fresnillo

Another former municipal and PEP officer was shot this Monday;    Maricruz Valdez López, a Metropol agent, was killed last night, with her father, on her day off

To honor the memory of officer Maricruz Valdez López, who worked in the Metropolitan Police (Metropol) who lost her life in an armed attack on her day off, in the Directorate of Public Security (DSP), she was given a posthumous tribute.

Maricruz Valdez López began her professional career in the Municipal Police and in 2019 joined the ranks of Metropol, where with great human sense she risked her life to safeguard the Fresnillo citizenry.

The municipal president, Saúl Monreal Ávila mentioned that, "with great external respect, my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the officer, better known as the Güera, who always stood firm in the fulfillment of her duty."

Photos courtesy of Fresnillo Municipal Presidency

Likewise, he said "have the security and support of your server. We must rethink the security strategy, this must not go unpunished. We all have the desire to live in peace and tranquility, here, with their families there are no words that comfort, that fill the void that leaves us today."

The Secretary of State Security, Arturo López Bazán, regretted the loss of the officer and mentioned that, it is difficult to carry out this work in Zacatecas, "this tribute forces us to always have it in our memory, to find those responsible."

Subsequently, Saúl Monreal Ávila, made the symbolic delivery of the patriotic work to the officers's relatives and with a minute of applause, they said their goodbyes to Maricruz, who was a great mother, daughter and policeman, always in a spirit of service.

Mayor Saúl Monreal and Public Security Secretary Arturo López Bazán led the posthumous tribute

THE CRIME

According to versions that transcended unofficially, the victim lost her life last night, due to several gunshot wounds outside her home in the Arboledas neighborhood, where armed men tried to kidnap her, her father confronted them, they were both shot to death.

The murder occurred on Chabacanos Street. Maricruz was a municipal policewoman, but she was commissioned to the Metropol division.

A FORMER POLICEMAN WAS KILLED

A man who was an agent of the Municipal Police of Fresnillo, in addition, later joined the ranks of the State Preventive police, was also shot in El Mineral while traveling in a vehicle in the Las Maravillas neighborhood.

He was identified as Antonio, a retired officer, and he was traveling on Narciso Mendoza Street early on Tuesday when he was attacked by an armed group, losing his life immediately.

ANOTHER MURDER IN FRESNILLO

Also, on Tuesday afternoon, the body of a male wrapped in a blanket in the open field, among the vegetation, in the Hidalgo neighborhood was found.

The area was protected by the competent corporations in order to safeguard possible evidence about the crime.

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