The head of the Attorney General's Office of the State of Guerrero, Zipacná Jesús Torres Ojeda, informed in an interview with the media that out of a total of 21 arrested for the violent events that shook the municipality of Tecpan de Galeana, 16 of them are of Guatemalan origin, one Salvadoran, and the rest are Mexicans.
The state attorney's office indicated that the confrontations left at least 17 dead. Additionally, two members of the Mexican Army and one officer from the National Guard were injured. Zipacná Jesús Torres Ojeda reported that they seized 17 vehicles in which the assailants traveled, identified by the initials 'GNG', of which at least three units had artisan armor work.
The attorney of Guerrero stated that in these violent events, a total of 21 firearms were seized from this group of aggressors, along with a little over 5,000 useful cartridges of various calibers. He explained that the 15 arrested have been charged with the crimes of qualified homicide, attempted homicide, and injuries, and argued that the possibility of charging an additional crime is still being analyzed.
As a result of these violent events, elements of the Mexican Army, National Guard, and State Police are maintaining a deployment of personnel throughout the municipality of Tecpan de Galeana. In the last 24 hours, supposed confrontations have been reported, along with recommendations from the mayor of this municipality urging the population to stay in their homes, maintaining a tense situation in the region of Guerrero.
According to statements from residents of the towns of Tetitlán and Tenexpa, which belong to the municipality of Tecpan, street activity in these towns is almost nonexistent, and the inhabitants of these areas have chosen to confine themselves to their homes since the beginning of this incursion.
The Secretariat of Public Security of the State of Guerrero reported on Saturday afternoon about the detention of six more people of Guatemalan nationality in the municipality of Tecpan de Galeana, in the region of Costa Grande de Guerrero. It detailed that the capture of these six individuals was carried out during an inter-institutional operation aimed at reinforcing security and surveillance in this area, which actions were executed in coordination with the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), the National Guard (GN), and the State Attorney General's Office (FGE), following the confrontations recorded in Tecpan de Galeana.
In the letter, the SSP of Guerrero reported that the six detainees were found in possession of cartridges exclusively for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, whose possession is strictly regulated and constitutes a serious crime in Mexico. The detention of these six men of Guatemalan origin adds to what was reported by the Attorney General of Guerrero, Zipacná Jesús Torres Ojeda, regarding the 15 detainees who were made available to the state attorney's office for the crimes of qualified homicide, attempted homicide, and injuries, totaling 21 detainees so far.
