Overview
- Off-duty paramedic Obed Jaír Reyes López was kidnapped in Altata on July 11 and later found with gunshot wounds in Costa Rica, Culiacán, where he died despite medical care.
- Altata’s Red Cross base suspended emergency operations and raised a banner reading “Sin socorristas, no hay Cruz Roja” to demand safe working conditions.
- A body-present homage and funeral caravan in Navolato drew family, volunteers and residents who paid tribute to Reyes López’s life and service.
- Secretary of Government Feliciano Castro announced that the state’s Public Security Secretariat will provide permanent police accompaniment for Red Cross personnel.
- Staff continue to express fear over their safety and have made sustained security guarantees a condition for reopening the Altata medical center.