Two policemen arrested this Tuesday in the southern Mexican state of Veracruz for killing a man by excessive force while trying to arrest him.reported by police sources.
The incidents took place last Monday at the elite Golf Club of the city of Xalapa, capital of the state of Veracruz, in an area where a trailer driver, apparently drunk, broke into his truck and caused extremism. Police officers of the Veracruz municipality of Emiliano Zapata, who tried to suppress the aggressive driver, joined the citizens’ call for help. used excessive force and murdered to the man.
The victim was identified as Moisés ‘N’, an employee of the RGC shipping company located in Nuevo León, Monterrey, a state in northern Mexico. Two officers, Miguel Ángel ‘N’ and Lutgardo ‘N’, were detained as the investigations began. The autopsy performed on the victim determined that he used excessive force, so a judge ordered his arrest for the alleged manslaughter charge, and the police officers were arrested this Tuesday.
Throughout November, Veracruz was also embroiled in a scandal involving the arrest of police commanders involved in the disappearance and subsequent murder of Juan Alan, director of the Road Police of the Veracruz Government Ministry of Public Security (SSP). Cuetero.Rock ‘El Archi’. In the case, SSP delegate Ricardo de Jesús ‘N’ in the Veracruz-Boca del Río tourist region and Alan ‘N’, former Director of Operations and deputy director of the State Police Academy, were arrested. has been arrested.
During this year, Veracruz fifth place with the most police officers killed in the line of duty throughout the Mexican territory. The civil organization Causa en Común has documented that Veracruz is one of the most dangerous units for state and municipal police elements in carrying out their duties. The states with the most police officers killed are Zacatecas (55 crimes), Guanajuato (47), Michoacán (24), Guerrero (24) and Veracruz (23), occupying the fifth national position.