A high-ranking commander of the Guanajuato state Attorney Generals Office (FGE), Juan Alberto Camarillo Zavala, was ambushed and killed in San Felipe, Guanajuato. Zavala is the 33rd police officer killed in Guanajuato this year.
The attack occurred on Thursday morning while Zavala was driving to work. His body and burned out vehicle were left on the side of the San Felipe–Dolores Hidalgo highway.
Zavala was a regional director of the Joint Case Processing Unit of the Guanajuato State Attorney's Office. He was responsible for the regions of Ocampo, Dolores Hidalgo, San Diego de la Unión, and San Felipe, where he was killed. In recent weeks, San Felipe region, in particular the San Felipe–Dolores Hidalgo highway, has been the site of numerous violent attacks by criminal groups.
The same morning, another worker was ambushed and killed in a similar manner on the same road. Earlier this week, on Tuesday morning, two women were killed by gunmen inside a roadside restaurant outside San Felipe, Guanajuato.
327 police officers have been killed in Guanajuato state since 2020. The state has become the most dangerous region in Mexico to be a police officer.
Sources: El Financiero, Noticias Vespertinas 9/25, Animal Politico, Zona Potosina SLP, @Eco1_LVM Twitter, Causa en Comun - Registro de Policías Asesinados
I'm so sad 😢 even the PGR is not safe, I'm so sad for Mexico.
ReplyDeleteI won't eat today, very sad