Overview
- Heriberto Morentín Ramírez, subsecretary of operations for Colima’s public security ministry, was shot while commuting Tuesday morning and remains hospitalized in stable condition.
- The attack occurred shortly after 7 a.m. on Avenida Ignacio Sandoval near the Third Ring Road in north Colima, where assailants fired at least six rounds at his pickup.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said the assault was planned by a criminal group active in Colima and stated there are detainees.
- Officials from all three levels of government secured the scene, and the Colima State Attorney General’s Office assumed control of the case.
- Investigators are conducting ballistic analyses, reviewing surveillance video and interviewing witnesses, and no arrests have been officially confirmed by the investigating authority.