Police pose as CDG members to kill civilians

A group of police officers pretended to be members of organized crime to kill a businessman, his son and his neighbor, in the municipality of Tihuatlán, Veracruz. According to various local media, members of the State Civil Force kidnapped and murdered the three victims after pretending to be members of the Gulf Cartel (CDG).

This narrative is in relation to the former employee of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Luis Ramírez Hernández and his son, Jair Ramírez Rivera, 61 and 26 years old, respectively. They were found naked, handcuffed and with signs of torture. Next to them was Carlos Eduardo Vásquez Antonio, a family neighbor.

Relatives of the three murdered men recognized the bodies, found in the San Pedro Miahupan community, Tihuatlán. According to their testimony, father and son were sleeping at home, in El Chote community, on the night of Wednesday, October 23, when elements of the Civil Force broke into their homes.

The brother of the head of the family, Luis Gerardo Ramírez Hernández, said that on that day, the command broke into the house of the former Pemex employee and took around 300,000 pesos, jewelry and two weapons that the family had for their protection. He also said that, according to neighborhood security cameras, it was discovered that his relatives were forced into a Civil Force vehicle and taken away. The afternoon before his abduction, the businessman had gone to the bank to withdraw a significant amount of money.

According to relatives, at least 8 subjects dressed in military uniforms, balaclavas, bulletproof vests and carrying long weapons, entered the home to commit the crime. Afterwards they called the residence and asked for 50,000 pesos of ransom, money. Of which was not delivered.

The bodies of the relatives were found on Thursday, October 24 in a secluded area of the Miahuapan community. It was around 9:40 a.m. when local police received a report on the finding of three naked bodies that were handcuffed, blindfolded, executed and with a single gunshot to their heads.

Their bodies were found in a pit. And next to them a narco message was discovered in which the matter placed the blame on the Gulf Cartel.

However, Gerardo Ramírez said he had reports that “three elements from their corporation had defected, since they hadn’t shown up to work once they were fully identified. Other unofficial versions indicate that they have already been detained. ”

Despite this, the Prosecutor denies these versions and so far has not made any official pronouncement on the alleged participation of police elements in the crime. “We ask for the intervention of the governor and the president of the Republic, since they are humble, hardworking people,” said the brother of the deceased.

Veracruz, a state drowning in violence

Veracruz is one of the states where the most violent events in the country have been recorded. It counts 835 homicides in the first six months of 2019, added to 114 femicides, 200 kidnapping cases and 2295 vehicle thefts and 241 complaints filed for theft of cattle.

According to data from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), it is in sixth place at the national level in the number of homicides.

The violence experienced in the entity, which increased exponentially since the government of Javier Duarte and has not yielded with the current administration of the morenista Cuitláhuac García. Which has led the federal government to consider Veracruz as one of the priority states for the operation of elements from the National Guard (GN).

Veracruz has been the protagonist of the most heinous crimes attributed to drug cartels, and this entity, located in the Gulf of Mexico, is a key point in the distribution of drugs to the rest of the world.

According to the current governor Cuitláhuac García. Within this entity at least 6 cartels operate there: Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) “Zetas Vieja Escuela”, Cártel del Noreste Z, Cárteles Unidos (Cartel de Sinaloa united with Los Ántrax and Mando Sur Gente Nueva) and Jarochos Unidos.

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