Shooting in Playa Manzanillo: they found the body of the hit man who escaped wounded

On the morning of this Sunday, April 3, a body appeared floating in Playa Manzanillo, in the port of Acapulco. The authorities have not revealed the identity of the deceased, but suspicions suggest that he is one of the aggressors who participated yesterday in a shooting in that area, which ended with three deceased persons.

The body was reportedly found by a group of fishermen, hours after a group of criminals clashed with ministerial police on the beach, and one of them escaped badly injured.

According to the Guerrero Prosecutor's Office, the events were recorded at 3:40 p.m. on April 4, when two subjects arrived at a restaurant where they executed two diners.

Ministerial officials, upon realizing the fact, pursued the aggressors, but they, according to the official version, opened fire on them, so the police had repelled the aggression. One of them was killed by security agents, while the other fled injured offshore.

“The other, wounded, fled. At that time, various police corporations, including the Mexican Navy and the Army, were requested to participate, so a maritime patrol was carried out and the other body of the aggressor had not been found,” Ramón Celaya Gamboa, deputy prosecutor of Guerrero, reported in a telephone interview.

“Unfortunately, these two people lose their lives there and at the time of the shooting, agents of the Ministerial Investigating Police, who were there, together with agents of the Tourist Police, approached the scene and detected these two people who had already committed this aggression. When they try to escape, they assault the police and they repel the aggression and at that moment one of the aggressors dies,” he explained.

Following the events recorded this Saturday, members of the National Guard and the Mexican Army implemented a security operation in the area to preserve the safety of the hundreds of tourists who came to Acapulco for the weekend. Two 9 mm pistols were secured at the scene of the incident.

Although Guerrero was characterized by its ports and tourist destinations, violence and insecurity have overshadowed the appeal it once enjoyed. Shootings, burning of premises, murders, abandonment of human remains and clashes have intensified in Acapulco.

Despite the fact that even today there are international sporting activities and events, kidnappings, extortions and executions became part of daily life in the entity.

Hence, the people of Guerrero have experienced episodes of terror provoked by organized crime groups. According to a report published by The International Crisis Group, at least 40 groups are fighting for a diverse criminal portfolio, including activities related to drug trafficking.

Evelyn Salgado, governor who took office after last year's elections, has reiterated the strategic versions of the administration headed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In the face of criminal acts, it ensures that all this will be dealt with whenever root causes are attacked, for example, with the use of social programs.

However, elements of the Armed Forces have not been deployed to help protect the population, as has been the case with constant support plans in states such as Baja California, Colima, Michoacán and Zacatecas, all governed by Morena, a party in the power.

One of the last examples of the terror suffered by the inhabitants occurred on March 31, when six human heads were located, displayed on the awning of a vehicle in the municipality of Chilapa. Inside the unit there were eight bags of human remains and next to it a drug message in retaliation for the sale of methamphetamines.

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