Charred Bodies In Celaya Are From The Musical Group Los Chuparrecio, Confirms The Prosecutor's Office

 "Ivan" for Borderland Beat

Carlos Zamarripa Aguirre, head of the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) of Guanajuato, confirmed that the seven charred bodies in the bed of a sheepfold van, located by the authorities on the night of March 22, in the community of San José El Nuevo, south of the municipality of Celaya, correspond to the members of the musical group Los Chuparrecio.

The head of the Guanajuato justice institution pointed out that the FGE Personnel Search Unit confirmed the identities of the bodies and that the families of the victims have already been notified.

"There is already a process of the person identification unit, which has confirmed to me that it has already identified all the lifeless bodies that were found in this unfortunate discovery," said the head of the Guanajuato FGE.

However, Zamarripa Aguirre avoided revealing whether among the bodies is that of a 15-year-old boy named Juan Diego Pérez Maldonado. However, relatives of the minor confirmed to various media that his body was one of the first to be recognized.

"Yes, according to what I have been informed, even yesterday afternoon the relatives of these people were there and it was possible to identify them," said the Guanajuato prosecutor, who was questioned regarding the line of investigation, but declined to reveal further details. In addition, so far there have been no arrests for the multi-homicide.

The musical group, made up of six adults and originally from the community of Juan Martín, in Celaya, made its last presentation starting at 3:00 p.m. on March 22, in Rancho Seco, near Rincón de Tamayo. However, after the event, they disappeared.

According to local media reports, the victims were found at approximately 10:25 p.m. on March 22, on Miguel Hidalgo street, near the gap that leads to Rincón de Tamayo, 13 kilometers from the municipal seat.

Sophia Huett López, executive secretary of the State Public Security System, reported that the van had Michoacán license plates and had a report of theft in that neighboring entity. In addition, she indicated that the victims have not yet been identified.

“The Attorney General's Office [General Justice of Guanajuato] will have to review who these people were and where they came from. For now, there are no indications to determine that they were local people," said the state official.

In an official report, the Guanajuato justice institution detailed, on March 23, the exact number of victims, seven, after preliminary reports specified that there were five.

"There was knowledge of a burning motor vehicle where 7 burned people were reported, events that occurred on the street that leads to San Juan Bautista, in the Community of San José el Nuevo," the FGE indicated.

"Upon arrival at the scene, criminal experts from the Homicide Unit processed the scene and collected various evidence that contributes to clarifying the facts," added the State Prosecutor's Office, after the first authority to report the multi-homicide was the Secretary of Security. Municipal citizen (SSC), but without giving an exact number of victims.

"Elements of the Municipal Police and the Fire Department attended the scene, who controlled the fire of a Ford F-150 truck, model 1987, red, with Michoacán plates, which had a report of theft in that entity ", detailed the FGE.

"When reviewing the place destined for loading, several charred bodies were located that have not been identified so far, and the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) will be in charge of carrying out the pertinent investigations, their identification and where they were from. originating”, the Prosecutor’s Office abounded.

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