During a press conference to report on the progress in the investigation into the murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, Carlos Manzo, the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Michoacán He revealed that the official who is a fugitive is his former head of bodyguards.
The Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that it is Colonel José Manuel Jiménez who would have escaped during the arrest of Manzo’s 6 bodyguards who have already been linked to the process.
At the conference, prosecutor Carlos Torres Piña explained that to date they have already carried out more than 270 procedures and several expert opinions, from which he derived that the colonel already has an arrest warrant that they hope will be fulfilled shortly.
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Likewise, he acknowledged that the motive for the murder of the mayor is still unknown and despite the arrest of “El Licensed”, the main intellectual author who ordered the killing of Manzo remains to be identified.
In his statement, José Armando alias “El Licensed” said that his detention was an illegal procedure and accused him of being a victim of torture in the process; In this regard, prosecutor Torres Piña denied the accusations and called them lies.