Overview

• State prosecutors said 10 people were detained, linked to process and placed in preventive detention in the case of 12-year-old Dulce, with a three-month period set to complete the complementary investigation.
• Authorities allege the group operates a local La Familia Michoacana cell focused on drug retail, and identify César Jair “El Güero” as the leader accused of ordering the attack.
• Investigators report armed men entered the San Pablo Atlazalpan home on August 11 asking for the girl’s stepfather, then fatally shot Dulce while three adults present were uninjured.
• Video evidence pointed to two cars—a Honda and a Renault—and a motorcycle; the Honda was located on August 12 in Chalco and two occupants were arrested carrying narcotics.
• Prosecutors said another suspect, alias “El Abejorro,” has been identified but not captured as coordinated operations by FGJEM, the federal security ministry and state police continue.