The PAN-PRI-PRD-PSI candidate for governor of Puebla, Eduardo Rivera Pérez, He reported an attack on his house and suspended his tour within the entity due to the same incident.
The former mayor of Puebla capital He indicated that the security of his house has been violated in what appears to be a political attack, highlighting that there are people injured, although his family is fine.
The intrusion into Eduardo Rivera’s residential complex It was exactly at 9:22 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, on Cañada Street in the Santa Cruz Puebla neighborhood, when two armed individuals overpowered local security guards to enter the PAN member’s house; In the defense of the property there were detonations of firearms and two people were arrested.
It was in the first instance the candidate himself who made the facts known through his social networks: “I have been informed that the security of the place where I live has been violated. I have suspended my tour in the interior of the state and at this moment I am returning to the capital. My family is fine. They tell me that there are innocent people hurt. Information indicates that there was a political motive against me (…) It’s not worth it!”
I have been informed that the security of the place where I live has been violated. I have suspended my tour in the interior of the state and at this moment I am returning to the capital. My family is fine. They tell me that there are innocent people hurt.
Information indicates that there was a…
— Eduardo Rivera Pérez (@eduardorivera01) May 5, 2024
Governor promises to investigate attack at Eduardo Rivera’s house
The candidate, like elements of the municipal police, They went to the residential complex to carry out the corresponding investigations for this case that arises less than a month before the elections in the entity and a week before the only debate that the candidates for the state government will have.
After the events, the governor of Puebla Sergio Salomón Céspedes He indicated at 11:00 p.m.: “I have contacted Eduardo Rivera. We are going to investigate in coordination with the municipal authorities and the Puebla Prosecutor’s Office what happened at his home. All my solidarity with him and his family. “We will go to the last consequences to find those responsible to the fullest extent.”
In previous weeks, the candidate for mayor of Puebla from the same coalition, Mario Riestra Piña, He reported that during a rally he had received an alleged death threat from a person, who later went online to deny what the politician said.
