Municipal Police are the Latest Targets in Sonora

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                                       Municipal Policemen, the new crime target in Sonora
              Commander César García Medina, the most recent victim murdered while off duty

So far this year, six agents have been assassinated in different police headquarters, but to date no perpetrators of these murders have detained.

The fight against organized crime represents a great risk for the police of Sonora , after agents have become targets of criminal groups in recent months; from January to date six municipal agents from different towns have been assassinated.

Last Tuesday, the brutality reached one of the most recognized commanders in the rural area of ​​Hermosillo; this is César García Medina, who was murdered at noon in Colonia Villa del Cortes, north of the capital, while he was traveling in a private car with his two children.

Minors, aged 15 and 16, were found to have minor injuries from shrapnel and their health situation so far is reported as stable and out of danger.

Given these facts, the Attorney General of Justice of the State (FGJE) opened a folder investigation to clarify the facts and identify those responsible for the attack, of which already two lines of research, however they have not been revealed by the authorities.

According to the first versions of the events, the César Garcia Medina traveled from East to West, through Villa Flores, in a Saturn vehicle, blue, model 2005.

The first inquiries establish that a commando of heavily armed men on board another car fired several times against the police commander. The victim lost control of the car and ended up crashing into the wall of a house, while the alleged perpetrators fled,  minutes later a burning car was located in General Piña and Corazón de León.

Citizen's Group Demands Justice:

Manuel Emilio Hoyos, representative of the Observatorio Ciudadano Sonora por la Seguridad, asked the authorities responsible for law enforcement to speed up investigations into the attacks against municipal police, as well as justice for the victims. ( Citizens Observatory Group for Security in Sonora ) a citizen's advocacy group.

"We ask the investigating authorities to expedite the investigations so that the murders of our policemen do not go unpunished, unfortunately the murders of police officers go unpunished in the country, I think it is time for the prosecution to investigate and find them".

He commented that the security measures imposed by the municipal public security commissioner, such as patrol shields, should also cover the schedules in which the commanders are outside their working hours.

The six police officers killed so far this year , 2019, are:

Commander Marco Antonio Vinicio Gálvez, from Empalme, murdered on January 31.

Agent Said Villa Hernández, of Esperanza, fallen on February 27.

Agent Francisco Asdrúbal, from Hermosillo, executed on March 11.

Commander Aaron Guadalupe Arvayo, from Hermosillo, died on April 9.

Commander Jesús Ernesto López Rojas, from Guaymas, assassinated on April 15.

Commander César Alejandro García, of Hermosillo, fallen on April 23.

The police, he said, are often described by the public as corrupt and linked to organized crime, however, a large number of them are committed to safeguarding the security of the population.

"It is a national agenda issue, a democratic police reform is urgently needed, because as it is possible that right now we can not modify Article 123 where the police officer does not have the right to be reinstated, a police officer is the only worker who can not be reinstated once he has resolved his or issues ".