He son of the elected mayor of Comonfort, GuanajuatoGilberto Zárate was injured in an attack carried out by armed men on Francisco I. Madero and Benito Juárez streets in the Empalme Escobedo community.
Sources close to the investigation confirmed to The Sun of Bajío that, after the strokewas recorded a lifeless man and one more turned out injured.
Approximately at 4:30 pmthe Emergency System 911 received a report of gunshots at the entrance to Escobedo Junction, Guanajuato, against a gray Ford Fusion car.
The Comonfort Municipal Police, National Guard and Red Cross paramedics went to the scene and reported that there was a man in the car man without vital signs. In addition, there was one injured person, who was quickly transferred to receive medical attention.
Unofficially it is reported that The attack may have been carried out against the son of the mayor of Comonfort “Gilberto Zarate” JR, however There was a strong mobilization of units on the spot.
Another Ford vehicle was also found at the scene, which also had bullet impacts on the left side of the driver’s window.
Once this information is providedelements of the National Guard and the Mexican Army were prepared to generate the preventive cordon, using yellow police tape and preventing access at the Escobedo Junction entrance.
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At the end of the investigations, the elements of the Forensic Medical Service were in charge of removing the body of a man wearing a red shirt and jeans, who died on the spot to pick him up and transfer him to Guanajuato where the legal autopsy will be performed and the cause of death will be determined.
Note originally published by The Sun of Bajío.