:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/4JDPRZISYFHXJJNS2CZKXOF6O4.jpg "Violence in Zacatecas: an armed command executed the former police chief at his home 1")
violence in the state of zacatecas it became constant and gained more and more presence due to organized crime attacks and constant clashes between criminals. However, in recent times, the entity has been characterized by attacks on police.
Zacatecas added another violent weekend: at least 8 people died in armed attacks
The state closed 2022 with over a thousand recorded homicides; It is one of the 10 states with the highest incidence
And Friday was no exception, since in the morning a group of armed men put an end to the life of the former director of the State Preventive Police, Handbook of Jesus Chavez Reyeswho continued as an active member.
It was shot dead while he was inside his house located in the housing estate fifths in the town of Guadeloupenear the capital of Zacatecas.
A bus from the United States collided in Saltillo-Zacatecas; Several injuries and at least one death were reported.
The unit left Texas, United States, heading for Aguascalientes, but struck a tractor-trailer a few miles after beginning its journey.
When the report was given, elements of the state security companies were immediately mobilized to the scene, however, when he arrived, the agent had lost his vital signs.
The spokesperson for the State Table for the Consolidation of Peace confirmed the facts and condemned the murder of the former police chief. He said it happened aroundat 6:50 a.m.. Likewise, they indicated that the Ministry of Public Security will carry out the acts of analysis, intelligence and field work necessary to locate those responsible.
Likewise, the staff of the State Attorney General’s Office will carry out the corresponding expert investigations and the Secretary of Public Security will collaborate in the investigation of what they have described as a cowardly attack.
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“The #SSP joins the pain that seizes the family, friends and colleagues of Manuel de Jesús Chávez Reyes, former director of the Preventive State Police, who lost his life in a cowardly attack”, shared the SSP Zacatecas via Twitter with an obituary.
In turn, an intense deployment was made to track down the alleged perpetrators, but no arrests were reported either throughout the day.
Manuel se Jesús Chávez Reyes had been head of the Preventive State Police since April 2022 after a police strike which led to the dismissal of his predecessor, Israel Reyes Garcia.
Currently, the state of Zacatecas is one of the 10 Most Violent States of the country, according to figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), the same in which one thousand 621 homicides fraudulent
Furthermore, the organization common causepointed out that of the 400 police officers killed the previous year, 60 corresponded to the state ruled by David Monreal Ávila, thus positioning itself as the entity with the highest number of cases.
Now just in January of this year they were counted six dead among the police in the entity for Common cause.
It should be noted that the State faces the presence of criminal groups that are fighting over the territory, which has resulted in various armed clashes in the demarcation.
In this context, at the beginning of February, a change in the Public Safety Department (SSP) of the entity, since Adolfo Marin Marin relinquished ownership of said unit, leaving Arturo Medina Mayor in the office. This represented he third change in the property of the SSP of Zacatecas.
And after his appointment, four corpses with signs of torture were abandoned in Mount Escobedo. about three of them were found caps with the initials of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
The above would suggest that they were suspected Four Letter Cartel hitmen who were executed by their Sinaloa Cartel rivals, although this has not been confirmed.