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Former Gómez Palacio City Secretary Fatally Shot Outside His Home in Durango

A homicide investigation is underway following public calls for justice from local leaders.

Overview

  • The 38-year-old former official was attacked around 9:40 a.m. on calle Palomas in the Parque Hundido neighborhood as he left his residence.
  • A lone assailant approached and fired multiple times before fleeing, and investigators recovered at least ten .380-caliber shell casings.
  • Cruz Roja paramedics found the victim without vital signs, and the body was moved to the state forensics service for autopsy.
  • Army, National Guard, and municipal police secured the area as the Laguna vice prosecutor’s office opened a homicide case, with no arrests or suspects announced.
  • PRI Gómez Palacio, Durango’s Movimiento Ciudadano coordinator Omar Castañeda, and Mayor Betzabé Martínez condemned the killing and demanded results, with concern heightened by October’s slaying of journalist Miguel Ángel Beltrán.