They identified Guatemala's “Chapo” and 19 victims claimed for massacre in Zinapécuaro

The owner of the palenque where the shooting took place, his son and one of the three women who were killed all had US citizenship

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Police officers keep watch at a scene following the killing of 19 people on Sunday night in an attack on a clandestine cockfighting venue, authorities said, in Zinapecuaro, Mexico March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Police officers keep watch at a scene following the killing of 19 people on Sunday night in an attack on a clandestine cockfighting venue, authorities said, in Zinapecuaro, Mexico March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

The Michoacán Prosecutor's Office has identified 19 of the 20 people killed in a clandestine palenque in Zinapécuaro, including three with US citizenship, as well as a subject with alias del Chapo, from Guatemala.

According to the ministerial unit, the 19 victims were already claimed by relatives almost 48 hours after the massacre that occurred on March 26.

Although it has not been possible to corroborate the full name of the twentieth person being sheltered, testimonies of those who were in the place and were injured said that the man was nicknamed El Chapo of the Central American country.

Hence, the Michoacán Prosecutor's Office contacted the Guatemalan embassy for more information that I support in its recognition.

The other bodies handed over correspond to the women identified as Melissa S., Jennifer Karina T. and Martha Elba P. In addition to José Abiel A., Salvador A., José Andrés M., Jose H., Erik Salvador M., Daniel E., Damián M., Federico L., Juan Pablo L. Jesus Horacio L., Miguel Ángel M., Alejandro Michel G., Carlos Alberto M., José Martín A., Juan Pablo L. Ignacio G. and Juan Jesus M.

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