Mexico had the largest elections in its history, the process and results were historic, as was the violence that was experienced related to the elections. It was recently confirmed that a mayor – who is a fugitive – participated in the murder of a candidate’s driver in the state of Puebla, and it is not the first time that the accused is the protagonist of an act outside the law.
Ramon Malagon Garcia He served as driver and escort for Salvador Tino Martínez, candidate for mayor of Zapotitlán de Méndez for the Labor Party (PT). One day before the election he was murdered with official weapons, according to the Puebla Prosecutor’s Office. This occurred at a time of tension in the municipality, as the mayor allegedly ordered the passage to be closed to prevent people from approaching.
Emiliano Vazquez Bonilla, mayor of Zapotitlán de Méndez, his brother Higinio, and the director of Municipal Public Security, are part of the 30 accused of the crime; witnesses of the events indicate that The municipal president arrived with a gun in hand threateningso the victim hid and then fled to the river, where he was murdered.
Residents leak incriminating videos
While chaos reigned in the municipality, several individuals gathered at the river, in the style of organized crime they executed the victim, they surrounded him, intimidated him and shot him, even though the man was unarmed. People who were close to the place captured everything on video, and the recordings were delivered to the weekly Proceso.
In one of the images Malagón García is seen sitting in the river surrounded by eight people, one of them is looking for something in a bag; In another video you can see the victim face down in the water, when he is turned over you can see the wounds on his bloody chest. Another recording reveals when they carry him out of the place.
The recordings also show when The mayor gives one of the men a gun. It is also seen when they take the victim’s body down the steps of a hotel called La Roca. The residents of Zapotitlán also released a video showing two municipal police officers and another person arriving at the hospital with the driver’s body.
Now the inhabitants of Zapotitlán are afraid, since no reinforcements were sent to maintain security, which is still in charge of the municipal police at the service of the escaped municipal president.
Who is the fugitive mayor?
Before entering politics, Emiliano Vázquez Bonilla was a judicial police officer and commander of the Zaragoza police, where he left because The population accused him of being linked to crime.
Already as mayor he has presumed to have influences in the government of Puebla. He became the municipal president through opposition parties, before the start of the electoral process he joined the official Morena party, and his sister Adelaida was the candidate for mayor, but was defeated by Tino Martínez, whose driver was murdered.
He has been involved in several controversiesIn August 2020, he was arrested by the Caxhuacan municipal police for causing a scandal in public, he was also prosecuted for attacking and threatening an elderly person.
One of the most serious scandals was when, while drunk, he shot at a primary school during working hours with minors and teachers present.
According to the SDP Noticias portal, after that event he threatened and attacked several mothers who were demanding justice for the shooting at their children’s school.
As if the above were not enough, while he was already a fugitive, he showed off on social networks photographs and videos of a trip he made to Badiraguato, Sinaloa, birthplace of “El Chapo” Guzmán and other leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel.
His sister Adelaida Vázquez Bonilla assured that the fugitive mayor was the victim of an attack, which is why she requested the intervention of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Claudia Sheinbaum, due to alleged threats and intimidation against him by the elected mayor Tino Martínez.
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