Police Officer Nayeli Rivera Is Murdered In Culiacán

“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat 

A female police officer was murdered last Wednesday night while on her way home after finishing her shift as an officer with the Municipal Public Security and Traffic Department (SSPyTM).

The municipal officer was identified as Nayeli Rivera who was the leader of the purple group of the Culiacán Municipal Police. The attack occurred when the police officer was driving on the Culiacán-Navolato highway in a Nissan SUV when she was ambushed by an armed group around 9:30 p.m.; her vehicle overturned on the side of the road near the community of Alamitos.

According to authorities, the police officer had finished her shift and was heading to her home in the Bariometo ejido, in Navolato.

This attack brings the total number of local police officers murdered in Sinaloa this year to 45, making the state the one with the most cases, surpassing Guerrero with 37 and Guanajuato with 36.

Operation against armor plating workshops

Separately, authorities seized three properties that were being used as workshops to install makeshift armor plating on vehicles in the Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood.

The operation came about after an anonymous tip was made to the State Public Security Secretariat (SSPE). The mobilization took place on the afternoon of 10 December on Alba de Acosta Street.

So far, no information has been released about whether anyone was arrested or what was seized inside the building. 

Sinaloa, Mexico 

Sources: Proceso, Imagen Crystal