After Shootout In El Salto, Jalisco: An FGR Agent Was Allegedly Kidnapped (Update)

 "Ivan" for Borderland Beat 

In the El Verde neighborhood of El Salto, a confrontation took place between the FGR and criminals; a member of the Attorney General's Office was allegedly kidnapped. (08/21/2022)

An agent of the Attorney General's Office who was apparently at a party was allegedly kidnapped by an organized crime cell in El Salto, in the El Verde neighborhood.

At around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, different agencies of the three levels of government received a report of an agent deprived of his freedom at the intersection of Fresno and Encino streets, and authorities did not detect any exchange of gunfire, although preliminary reports indicated a confrontation, only that armed individuals arrived in different vans and went after the agent, aged between 30 and 35 years old.

There was mobilization in the area to locate the agent, both from the Attorney General's Office, National Guard, military of the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena), State Police, State Prosecutor's Office and municipal police.

(Update)     08/28/2022

"In Parques del Castillo, in El Salto, a body was found that is presumed to be that of the federal agent who was deprived of his freedom a week ago during a meeting. Next to the body there was a uniform." -David González J

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