Eight Durangoans Are Arrested For Kidnapping

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

They are linked to corpses hanging on a bridge.

Eight alleged kidnappers, originally from Durango, were apprehended by Zacatecan authorities, according to Zacatecas en Imagen.

In the publication they report that agents of the Secretariat of Public Security of the State (SSP) and National Guard personnel commissioned to the National Anti-Kidnapping Coordination (CONASE), dismantled a criminal cell (of nine members) in the state of Zacatecas.

As a result of the operation, nine people were arrested, four women and five men (eight of them originally from Durango and one from Guerrero).

Three long firearms, rifle type (2 AK-47 and 1 AR-15), three short firearms, type pistol and a Ford Expedition, were also secured.

It was reported that thanks to the follow-up of various lines of intelligence, against the various criminal groups, operating in the state, it has been possible to establish that the detainees are probably related to multiple homicides.

It is presumed that they would be responsible for several murders reported in the municipalities of Zacatecas, Fresnillo and Guadalupe, highlighting violent events such as those of July 5, 2021.

On this date it was reported that two bodies were left suspended on the vehicular bridge located on highway number 45, Zacatecas-Fresnillo section, as well as the deaths of August 12, where they left six hanging in the town of El Orito.

And in addition to the homicides of five people, located on Federal Highway 49, Rio Grande-Fresnillo section, the latter registered on August 13, just to mention a few.

It should be noted that the evidence obtained after the search proceedings was the FGJEZ who is in charge, an institution that informed the SSP that arrest warrants have already been executed for the crimes of homicide and kidnapping.

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