By The Opinion
06 Nov 2024, 10:59 AM EST
At the end of October, Mexican authorities announced the arrest of a man involved in the murder of Nicholas Douglas Questa Marine from Tucson, Arizona, whose crime occurred on a highway in the state of Sonora on October 18.
Identified as Francisco Federico N.alias “Delta 6”, the detainee is in preventive detention and criminal proceedings have been initiated against him for the crimes of qualified homicide and criminal association.
Through a press release, the Sonora Attorney General’s Office detailed that the crime occurred when the victim, 31 years old, and who was part of the US Army, traveling from Arizona to Puerto Peñasco, Mexicoto spend a vacation with his girlfriend and mother-in-law, but they were ambushed by a criminal group on the road.
According to the agency, the attackers, including the detained man, pursued the vehicle in which the marine was traveling with his partner and mother-in-law, shooting at them with the intention of depriving them of their lives.
“The victims managed to avoid the initial impacts by crouching down, but they were hit at kilometer 76 of the Altar-Caborca highway, in front of a tire business. There, the attackers carried out multiple detonations that impacted the vehicle, causing it to crash into the retaining wall,” the statement details.
According to investigations, when Nicholas Douglas stopped the truck in which they were traveling, The attackers, following orders from another subject, shot directly at himso the American soldier died on site due to multiple gunshot wounds.
Although the motive for the attack has not been specified so far, the judge in charge of the case opened a trial against Francisco Federico N. and granted a period of two months for the complementary investigation to continue.
At the moment There are two arrested for the crime and two suspects deadwho were traveling aboard the vehicle that the hitmen used to reach the victims and who were killed when confronting soldiers of the Mexican Army.
Likewise, the Mexican authorities are searching, also as involved in this crime, for the criminal leader of “The Deltas”an armed wing that operates on the border between Sonora and Arizona for the criminal group La Chapizaof the Sinaloa Cartel, who lead the children of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
According to the EFE agency, the crime of the American soldier was taken advantage of by the Republican candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, donald trump and J. D. Vancerespectively, as part of their electoral campaign speeches, to exemplify how the violence generated by organized crime groups in Mexico affects the citizens of the United States.
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