Mexico City.— The Federal agent Iván Morales Corrales was killed last May 1 in a ambush in Temixco, Morelosabout six kilometers from Cuernavaca They traveled in a black truck next to a woman when armed subjects closed their way and shot. Both died in the attack. The aggressors fled on motorcycles that were waiting for them in a nearby road.
It was not a common crime. Morales Corrales was one of the few survivors of the demolition of a military helicopter occurred exactly ten years ago, in 2015, during an operation to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho”leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). In that attack, nine agents died and Morales was seriously injured with burns in 70% of his body.
Alleged account adjustment
The coincidence of dates has reinforced the hypothesis that the murder was An account adjustment. The attack of a decade ago It also happened on May 1in Villa Purification, Jaliscoand it was one of the most violent moments of the call “Operation Jalisco”. Morales was subsequently honored by the Enrique Peña Nieto government for its resistance and courage.
As it stands out The countrythe agent was Witness at the trial against Rubén Oseguera González, aka “El Menchito”, son of “El Mencho”, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States on March 7. A week earlier, Mexican authorities had also extradited Antonio Oseguera, “Tony Montana”, Uncle del Capo.
The US government pressure to dismantle the CJNG network has increased in recent months, just when Claudia Sheinbaum He prepares to assume the federal command. The murder of Morales Corrales occurs in that context and has been interpreted as a violent message of criminal groups in reaction to the blows suffered.
The attack coincides with a series of recent narcobloquees in Jalisco, Michoacán and Guanajuato, bastions of the CJNG. In at least 30 municipalities, hitmen set up vehicles and attacked the population for four hours, leaving a balance of two dead police officers and a generalized fear atmosphere.
Morales Corrales escaped alive from the 2015 attack rolling his flames until hiding in bushes.
Although the identity of the woman who accompanied him is not yet confirmed, local media point out that he was his wife.
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