Juan Pérez Guardadodirector of Social Development of the Fresnillo city council and brother-in-law of Ricardo Monreal Ávila, was murdered in Zacatecas on the morning of this Wednesday, February 7.
According to the first versions, Pérez Guardado was carrying out a campaign to clean the address in his charge, in the vicinity of the Industrial neighborhood, whenor armed civilians arrived at the scene and shot him at point-blank range.
The area was cordoned off by elements of the State Preventive Police (PEP) and the National Guard (GN) and the Mexican ArmyMeanwhile, experts from the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Zacatecas (FGJEZ) carry out the corresponding legal reports.
After the incident, witnesses immediately requested the support of the rescue forces; However, the doctors realized that the victim He had no vital signs when they arrived at the scene.
Given this, the Secretary General of the Government, Rodrigo Reyes Mugüerza, reported that an operation was reinforced in Fresnillo, “with the objective of providing security and intensifying the search for responsible people”.
“From the State Government we will continue doing what is necessary to continue with the pacification process in this municipality and throughout the state. We express our solidarity to his family, friends and colleagues,” the official wrote on his social networks.
So far it is known that Ricardo Monreal, coordinator of the Morena senators, left for Zacatecas after the murder of his brother-in-law. His party’s Senate caucus He expressed his condolences to the legislator.
What is the political career of Juan Pérez Guardado?
Juan Pérez Guardado He had already held this leadership during the administration from 2010 to 2013, headed by the then PT member Juan García Paez.
In addition, Pérez Guardado held various partisan positions within the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party, including a delegation in the state of Mexico.
In 2021 he was the political coordinator of the campaign of Saúl Monreal Ávila, his relative, for the municipal presidency. The death of Pérez Guardado adds to the series of homicides recorded in recent days in Fresnillo.
Just last Sunday, 5 people died in two armed attacks recorded in different parts of the municipality.
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