Fresnillo, Zacatecas: 2 Men Found Hanged, Authorities Stand Down Before Proceeding

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

2 men executed were hung at the entrance of the road that leads to the Zacatecas capital, next to the Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Fresnillo.

Together with the victims there were organized crime messages. The first reports were made at 2:40 a.m. But the Municipal, Metropolitan nor State authorities wanted to approach the area as reports indicated that there were about 6 vehicles with heavily armed people at the crime scene. According to citizens a call to 911 indicated that the National Guard would come, they also didn't want to go near the scene. 

It was until after 5 am that the first patrol with their overhead lights turned off came and reviewed the area. To make sure that there were no narco traffickers or hitmen around in order to implement an operation. But by then dozens of citizens had already taken photos and videos as well as reports. 

Two bodies were located hanging on a road bridge at the entrance of the road that leads from Fresnillo to the Zacatecas capital. They were hung by their necks in sight of motorists and transportation carriers who watched the gruesome scene in awe. 

A night watchman of a neighboring company said it was approximately 2:40 am this Monday morning when he noticed the bodies. And it wasn't until five that the first patrol arrived. 

After 7, victims were still hanging, although there was already a large security detail near the Zacatecas Institute of Technology. The bodies were those of two men who were half-naked and beaten. 

Alongside the victims, a large canvas containing an allusive message to organized crime was removed from the bodies. As the minutes passed and the morning cleared the corpses could be seen more clearly, while traffic circulation was diverted both ways. 

Traffic was in full swing before 8 a.m. There was already a line of vehicles formed going towards the Zacatecan capital. Staff at the Zacatecano Institute for Forensic Sciences, took charge of removing the bodies. They were taken to the morgue as being unidentified for the time being. 

Just days prior at the Heavy Transit Library near the Arroyo de Las Sirenas roadway, the bodies of the two State Policemen originally from San Luis Potosí were also hung.

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