Overview

• Luis Fernando “N,” alias “El Inge,” was detained near avenida López Portillo in Benito Juárez and identified by state prosecutors as the presumed intellectual author of the August 4 homicide of Mario Machuca.
• Prosecutors say the detainee had been Machuca’s assistant and driver, which gave him insight into the victim’s routines and allegedly enabled the planning of the attack with a criminal group.
• Investigators allege he hired Ángel Yahir “N” and Arnulfo “N,” financed their lodging from August 1, and that the pair carried out the shooting on a motorcycle in Supermanzana 42, where Machuca was hit seven times with a .45-caliber weapon.
• Ángel Yahir “N” is linked to process as the suspected shooter and Arnulfo “N” as the motorcycle driver, while a third man, identified as Oscar Guillermo “N” or Guillermo N. Tyson, is also under investigation.
• A Cherokee SUV allegedly used for surveillance was located and secured in Colima, and authorities cite motives including unpaid commissions, loss of privileges within the union, and a land dispute in the Costa Mujeres area.