Cuernavaca: Sec of Security Assassinated

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Secretary of Security of Cuernavaca executed:

First reports indicate that the official of the state of Morelos was killed when he arrived at his home

The Secretary of Public Security of Cuernavaca, Juan David Juárez López, was shot when he entered one of the buildings of the Teopanzolco Unit of Cuernavaca, where his apartment is located.

The attack was recorded around 10:30 p.m. , when the police chief left his escorts after dinner at a taco stand near his home and when he walked to his apartment he was shot at least six times.

This is the 14th policeman who is killed so far this year in Morelos.

In a Twitter message, the Government of Morelos said:

“We deeply regret the fierce murder of the head of the Security office in Cuernavaca, Juan David Juárez López . We sympathize with family and loved ones. We work so that such a cowardly attack does not go unpunished ”

In social networks, the State Government added that Governor Cuauhtémoc Blanco expressed his condolences and solidarity with the relatives, colleagues and friends of Juan David Juárez.

He explained that the president instructed the State Public Security Commission (CES) to maintain close coordination with the State Attorney General's Office to assist in the investigations. 

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