By Deutsche Welle
17 Oct 2023, 11:19 PM EDT
Armed men This Tuesday they murdered a leader of a self-defense group in the city of Chilpancingo, state of Guerreroin southern Mexico, state authorities reported.
The murdered leader is Bruno Plácido Valerio, founder of the Citizen Police of the Union of Peoples and Organizations of the State of Guerrero (Upoeg), who was shot at one of the entrances to the Guerrero Health Secretariatwhich is located in Chilpancingo, where he attended a meeting.
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In the attack His companion and driver also died.who was injured a few meters from Plácido Valerio.
According to police reports, the attack occurred shortly before 5 p.m. outside the facilities of the aforementioned agency.
To the scene Paramedics from the state Civil Protection Secretariat arrived, who could no longer do anything for both men.s, whose bodies were transferred to the facilities of the Forensic Medical Service (Semefo).
Meanwhile, the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) did not provide official information about the events.
In July of this year, Bruno Plácido Valerio had announced the reorganization of that armed groupor, which had remained appeased by the murder of several of its commanders and the accusations of being infiltrated by organized crime, mainly in Acapulco.
“We made mistakes in slacking off because the (state) Government has persecuted us and we left everything for the institutions to assume responsibility, but they did not resolve security and that is what they are forcing us to do, to reactivate ourselves,” he declared on that occasion.
He had precautionary measures
Due to complications in his health, suffering from diabetes, the Upoeg spokesperson was mainly dedicated to social management, which is why he was constantly seen in government offices and the State Congress.
In addition to social demands such as roads, services, economic projects and even the excessive rates of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), the Upoeg emerged as a method of defense against criminal crime that was beginning to spread in the Costa Chica region. stronghold of this group.
Although for several years it had precautionary measures, it was recently observed without security personnel and without the armored vehicle in which it was transported.
Bruno Plácido Valerio was founder of the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities-Community Police (CRAC-PC), however after being expelled in 2011 he organized to create Upoeg, the second largest organization in Guerrero of civilians who provide security.
Currently, criminal violence in Guerrero occurs in practically all regions of the state and at any time.
The murder of Plácido Valerio and his driver was added to that of a chemist-biologist in a shopping center, both attacks recorded in less than two hours in Chilpancingo.
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