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National Guard Officer Found Shot Outside Acapulco Barracks as State Opens Homicide Probe

Authorities are treating the case as homicide based on early findings from security video plus recovered evidence.

Overview

  • The body of Dalila Medina Acosta, 23, was found shortly after 1 a.m. in the parking area along the northern bypass linking Bajos del Ejido and Los Órganos de Juan R. Escudero in rural Acapulco.
  • Investigators ruled out a self-inflicted shot and opened an intentional homicide case after reviewing initial reports and surveillance footage.
  • Forensic personnel reported a gunshot wound to the face, securing a 9mm firearm, a spent casing and a cellphone between official patrol vehicles at the scene.
  • Police investigators, prosecutors and forensic teams responded, and the body was transferred to the medical examiner for a legal autopsy.
  • No public statement from the National Guard had been reported, and local coverage notes this is the first death of a female guard in 2026 and the fourth similar case in Guerrero, with a 2025 Acapulco killing cited for context without a confirmed link.