In the midst of the insecurity crisis that the municipality of Taxco In recent years, 49 municipal police officers, including the director, were arrested This Wednesday in an operation designed by the State Secretariat of Public Security of Guerrero, the State Attorney General’s Office, the Army and the National Guard.
The state government will take charge of security in the silver city until the police return to their duties.
According to the first versions, the joint operation arrived at the municipality of Taxco and immediately spread out in the city to arrest police officers wherever they were found.
Unofficially, it is known that there were around 49 disarmed and detained elements, without any details yet. an official version of the events or the reasons why these elements were arrested.
The municipality of Taxco has experienced episodes of violence such as the mass kidnapping of City Hall workers, of which a dozen remain missing. There was also a mass kidnapping of journalists and their families in this place, five people in total who They were later released but had to stop writing.
Among the significant incidents is also the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the girl Camila, which led to the lynching of the alleged murderer. in front of police who did nothing to stop the mob.
The municipality has had transportation suspensions due to threats from alleged criminal groups to drivers. Also, the kidnapping and murder of two members of the ministerial police was recently reported.
The mayor himself has been the victim of two assassination attempts, and it is not ruled out that there are elements in the municipal police who have ties to criminal groups operating in the area.
Originally published in The Sun of Acapulco