In Guanajuatofor the second consecutive day this Tuesday, armed attacks against security agents continued.
In Celaya, During the morning of this Tuesday, a municipal police officer was attacked by civilians with long weapons, but he repelled the attack and managed to kill one of the attackers.
The event occurred in the exclusive El Mayorazgo subdivision.
After the event, Elements of the Municipal Police carried out an operation and managed to arrest the other three attackers, from whom they seized long weapons, chargers, useful cartridges, as well as tactical equipment, in the community of San José de Guanajuato.
In the afternoon, armed individuals threw an explosive device inside the Northern Command of the Secretariat of Citizen Security; It is reported that the explosive failed to explode.
Meanwhile, in León, on Tuesday afternoon, municipal police officers were attacked during an assault on an Oxxo store in the Héroes de León neighborhood.
Municipal authorities reported that police officer Daniel Arévalo Hernández died in the attack; His partner chased the assailant and managed to kill him.
Monday’s attacks in Guanajuato
Just this Monday, in Celaya two paramedics of a private service ambulance were shot to death and the unit set on fire with them inside.
Later, in Salamanca a policewoman was murdered during an armed attack in which two other municipal police officers were injured.
The murdered element was identified as Teresita de Jesús Cornejo Cabrera, mother of the family, who had recently been named in charge of the sector.
At night, In Irapuato armed individuals attacked Municipal Transit elements; They killed an agent and injured a citizen as a collateral victim.
The attack occurred when traffic agents were responding to a report of downed cables on public roads. The Secretariat of Citizen Security reported that the agent who lost his life responded to the name of Miguel Ángel Martínez Baca.
Subsequently, In Pénjamo, a Municipal Transit element identified as Miguel Ángel ‘N’ was shot to death when he supported the closure of a road in the Insurgentes Sur neighborhood.
With these crimes, there are now 23 security agents murdered in Guanajuato so far in 2024, according to the report by the Common Cause organization.
