Oaxaca. The former municipal president of Santiago Yaitepec, Oaxaca, Roberto Salinas Santiago was murdered shot on Tuesday morning by unknown individuals while he was aboard his caraccompanied by his brother Fausto who was seriously injuredstate authorities confirmed.
He is also a professor at the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) in Oaxaca had Three investigation files against him for abuse of authority, threats and vehicle theftas shown in a video released after his capture in 2020.
The murder of the former mayor, as well as 13 other murders in the last few hours in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, including those of two minors, “are related to drug use and trafficking, migrants, and theft‘, reported the head of the Oaxaca Public Security Secretariat, Ivan García Álvarez.
In July 2023, His nephews Felix Santiago Salinas and Juan Ulises Santiago Salinas were murdered on the highway from Río Grande to San Marcos Zactepec, along with another person.
In 2020, the former mayor was arrested for the alleged crime of robedience with moral violencehowever after his arrest, there were records Blocks by members of the community to try to free it.
In November 2019, the now deceased He allegedly assaulted five people in the area of El Pedimento, Juquila. According to testimonies, the official He invaded the disputed property and his group disarmed the Municipal Police and stole their weapons..