During the night of Saturday, the murder of John Michael Silvanicknamed “The Boxer”who was operational deputy director of the Secretary of Public Safety and Municipal Traffic of Culiacán (SSPyTM).
The attack occurred in the Tres Ríos Urban Development, a few meters from the Attorney General of the State of Sinaloa around 10:10 p.m. on Saturday.
The State Secretary of Public Security, Christopher Castaneda, made the event known through his Twitter account: “elements of the @SSPyTM_Culiacan were attacked by armed civilians; directly an element was attacked and unfortunately he lost his life”, although he did not mention “El Boxer”.
On the other hand, before some media, the Undersecretary of Security, Carlos Alberto Hernandez Leyvadeclared that it could be the deputy director of the Municipal Police, since elements that accompanied him they identified it as such.
Juan Miguel Silva along with other elements were intercepted by armed men on Maytorena and Marina streets, between Room 53 and building 120, according to local media reports. there they shot against the agent and fled.
According to the first reports, the attack occurred when deterrent tours were being carried out as part of the operations of bars and canteens, when the authorities were intercepted by armed civilians.
In addition, versions not confirmed by the authorities indicate that the municipal elements were subdued and disarmed by the aggressors.
On the other hand, Hernández Leyva stated that so far it is known that it was a direct attack, although he did not deny the version of disarmament. “Right now we are gathering the personnel that came with him to be able to determine if there is any other indication, if there is any other information,” the undersecretary reported.
He clarified that they were attacked with long weapons, according to shell casings found in the area. It should be noted that they only attacked Juan Miguel and did not open fire against the other elements.
After this, elements of the Mexican Army, the National Guard, the State Police and the Municipal Police were deployed in an operation to find the aggressors in the possible escape routes.
In the same way, personnel from the Prosecutor’s Office arrived at the crime zone to investigate the facts.
Silva Alvarado was appointed as Deputy Director of the police corporation on Saturday morning. And he served as commander of the syndicate of Costa Rica. According to local media, the agent was known in the city for having a seafood restaurant.
Despite the facts, state agencies have not made any statement. At best, the SSPyTM Secretariat account changed its profile picture and added a black bow to the corporation’s shield.
The state of Sinaloa has been the cradle of drug trafficking in Mexico at least in the last half century and its inhabitants have to live in fear due to the constant parades of groups of hitmen on the streets of the state in broad daylight.
The entity is considered a bastion of Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, Ovidio Guzman Lopez Y Joaquin Guzman Lopezthe calls Chapitoschildren of the former leader sentenced to life imprisonment in the US: Joaquin Guzman Loera, the Shorty.
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