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Son of Lázaro Cárdenas Business Council Leader Found Shot in Abandoned Car Near Zihuatanejo

Officials report an open case with no confirmed motive or suspects.

Overview

  • Guardia Nacional División Caminos located a gray Seat Ibiza with Michoacán plates abandoned near El Posquelite around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
  • Inside the vehicle, officers found 27-year-old Víctor Alfonso Cortez Camacho with gunshot wounds and his hands bound.
  • Security forces secured the area to allow forensic work by the Fiscalía Regional.
  • The body was transferred to the Servicio Médico Forense in Zihuatanejo for analysis.
  • The municipal government of Lázaro Cárdenas and the local CCE issued condolences to CCE president Julio César Cortez Velázquez as the killing drew strong local outrage.