MEXICO CITY.- Agents of the Investigative Police (PDI) of the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City (FGJCDMX) arrested Antonio “N”known as “The Goofy”.
The subject is accused of being responsible for orchestrating the attack that ended the lawyer’s life. David Cohenwhich occurred last October 13 in the vicinity of the Judicial City.
According to sources from the capital’s Prosecutor’s Office, “El Goofy” would have been the one who recruited, armed and offered a payment to the hitmen Héctor “N” and Donovan “N”both already linked to proceedings for the murder of the litigant.
The same sources reported that Antonio “N” resided in the Doctores neighborhood, from where he allegedly planned the attack. After the crime, he fled his home to evade justice.
Agents of the PDI They located him after weeks of monitoring and managed to capture him. It was made available to the Public Ministrywhere the integration of the research portfolio will continue to define its legal situation.
The role of “El Goofy” in the David Cohen case
According to the investigations, Antonio “N” is identified as the alleged recruiter of the two material authors of the crime that occurred in Ciudad Judicial.
According to the statements collected, he would have given instructions and handed over the weapons to Héctor and Donovan, who carried out the attack on October 13.
10 days later, the Prosecutor’s Office had already identified a man with the alias “El Goofy” as the person who orchestrated and He hired the two young men to murder Cohen.
They also had images of the man detained today in the Ciudad Judicial facilities and the moment he contacted those involved.
On Monday, October 13, Antonio “N” arrived aboard a van to a property on Doctor Erazo Street, number 138, in the Doctores neighborhood. There he met with Hector and Donovan.
According to the defendants’ statements, he gave them instructions and showed images of lawyer Cohen before they went to Ciudad Judicial.
Later, the two young people moved to Niño Héroes Avenue, where the murder was committed.
According to security videos, the shooter would have been Donovan, while Héctor was detained at the scene.
Donovan escaped, but was captured on October 15 by law enforcement agents. Secretariat of Citizen Security in Iztapalapa. Both have already been linked to murder trial.
David Cohen, lawyer murdered in CDMX: legal situation of those involved
After the capture of Antonio “N”, the FGJCDMX The integration of the investigation folder continues to determine its legal status. So much Hector and Donovan remain under trial.
In Donovan’s case, his defense has raised the possibility of opting for an abbreviated process, in which he would accept his responsibility to reduce his sentence.
The authorities keep the investigations open to completely clarify the chain of responsibilities in the murder of the lawyer David Cohen Sacal.