A Mexican federal plundering, which survived an attack on organized crime and that in 2024 witnessed a drug trafficker convicted in the United States, was shot dead in Morelos, authorities reported Thursday.
The victim is Iván Morales Corraleswho last September, in a court in the Columbia district, witnessed the Prosecutor’s Office at the trial against Rubén Oseguera González, aka “El Menchito”, son of the leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel (CJNG) and condemned to chain perpetuates drug trafficking.
According to a local police report, the exagent and his wife were shot dead last Wednesday when they moved in their vehicle in the municipality of Temixcoabout 100 kilometers from Mexico City.
Just a decade ago, the morning of May 1, 2015, Morales survived one of the most bloody drug trafficking attacks in Mexico when a military helicopter, with 16 soldiers and two federal police, was demolished in the state of Jalisco (west), with a balance of nine dead.
The then non -commissioned officer managed to escape from the ship in flames, although he suffered burns in 70% of his body that left sequelae, as a large part of his disfigured face.
The helicopter participated in a failed operation to stop Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the New Generation cartel and so far the most wanted capo in Mexico.
During the trial in the American court, Morales narrated how the attack against the helicopter was. “I burned, I tried to go out later (fast), take off my clothes and team,” he said, according to local media.
The formerly as recognized by then President Enrique Peña Nieto.
The Morelos Prosecutor’s Office He initiated an investigation for this crime in which revenge is not ruled out as a mobile of the crime, according to journalistic versions.
The Jalisco Nueva Generación poster, one of the most powerful criminal gangs in Mexico, was designated as a terrorist organization by the United States government.
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