Police Charged in Death of Federal Official

The Attorney General's Office through its office in the state of Chihuahua filed criminal charges against members of the municipal police and the state police known as Cipol who are suspected in the murder of the federal public prosecutor Miguel Angel Meneses Maciel who was killed last week.

The police officers implicated in this crime were identified as Robert Garcia Jair Rey, Claudia Mercedes Ramirez Castaneda, Alberto Chairez Hernandez Arnulfo Padilla and Victor Manjarrez, who are police officers of the State Public Security "Cipol." Also charged were Jesus Ortega Eduardo Delgado Luis Delgado and Oscar Clemente who are police members of the Municipal Police.

In this regard, these six individuals were officially ordered to be apprehended for their responsibility in the commission of the crime of homicide, and were also held responsible for attempted murder, abuse of authority and tampering with evidence or facts at the crime scene.

They are said to be responsible for the death of federal prosecutor Miguel Angel Meneses Maciel who was head of the Bureau of Criminal Research in the capital city.

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Federal Prosecutor Killed in Gun Battle

Municipal and Cipol (state) police along with military troops shot and killed a federal prosecutor Miguel Angel Meneses Maciel who was driving one of three cars that ignored orders to stop in northern Mexico, which triggering a chase and gun battle.

The police and troops were on a joint patrol in the city of Chihuahua when they tried to stop three suspicious vehicles, the federal Attorney General's Office and the Defense Department said in a joint statement.

Preliminary investigation indicate that the federal prosecutor thought that it was a “levanton” (kidnapping) as the soldiers were traveling in four wheel drive pickup trucks without marking causing confusion.

The three drivers ignored the order to stop by the military who could have failed to provide adequate identity, which caused Meneses Maciel to believe it was an attack against him. Meneses Maciel continued at full speed ahead ignoring the orders to stop by several uniformed soldiers who were wearing bandanas concealing their faces, which ultimately prompted a chase between the military and the federal prosecutor.

The soldiers finally stopped the vehicle and opened fired at the prosecutor, killing him.

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