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Jalisco Points to Guadalajara Workshop in Killing of Michoacán Family, Opens Leak Inquiry After Witness Abductions

Investigators have prioritized the father's business ties as a primary line of inquiry.

Overview

  • State prosecutors identified the mother as content creator Esmeralda Ferrer Garibay, killed alongside her husband and two children whose bodies were found in a pickup in Guadalajara on August 22.
  • C5 camera review traced the truck to a mechanic shop on Avenida Ejido, where ballistics and blood traces were located during a search, with laboratory confirmation pending.
  • Authorities say the evidence indicates the family was likely killed inside the workshop, despite apparent efforts to clean the scene.
  • Two shop workers were detained for questioning and released; soon after, armed men who had waited more than two hours near the prosecutor’s offices abducted one worker and two relatives, and a fourth man escaped.
  • The Jalisco attorney general said investigators are examining a possible internal information leak connected to the ambush, while families reported the three abducted men as missing.