On the night of Tuesday, March 30th, a video went viral on social media Claudio Vega Rocky, Candidate for Deputy in San Luis Potosi, He was surprised by the shooting while filming a promotional ad for his political campaign.
“My name is Claudio Vega Rock, born in Tamouine, I am 49 years old, son of Damaso Vega Juarez and …”, Vega Roque is heard say, who seconds later begins to hear explosions and walks a few meters to realize what is happening.
The events took place in the main square in Tamouine municipality, in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi.
According to official reports, a few meters away from the candidate’s location, specifically in the garage of a house, An armed group stormed the privacy and entered to execute a man with a bullet to the head. Later, the same leadership clashed with the municipal police.
For his part, the Public Prosecutor’s Office in San Luis Potosi reported that the 44-year-old was driving a red car, When he was intercepted by armed elements in a modern white car.
During the attack, members of the police patrolled the area and contacted the attackers, Who do not even get caught start shooting the uniformed men. And they left the unit to which they were transferred.
Although the police patrol was shot and wounded, no element was reported injured or any sad life. In the end, tactical equipment was kept inside the vehicle of the alleged attackers.
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At the beginning of March, he was killed Rodrigo Sanchez Flores, AkaFerrari. ” the man He was out of prison for 20 days, where he spent three years accused of killing the political activist, Simon Aquino Salazar, Who was also shot on March 3, 2011.
Sanchez Flores – who was a former PRI candidate for mayor of Tamazunçali in 2009 and 2015 – was executed at around 12:00 pm. He was traveling in a black KIA vehicle on Periférico at the Avenida Horizons junction.
At the site, “Ferrari” was killed, while his wife and father, who were with him, were injured and taken to hospital.
In October of last year on social media, militants posted a viral video in which they threatened to start the cleaning process in the municipality of Tamazunçaly: Rodrigo Sanchez Flores “, Indicated in the registry.
Rodrigo Sanchez Flores was a controversial figure. In 2009 he was the PRI candidate for mayor Tamazunchalli, San Luis Potosi. He was also the leader of the Revolutionary Youth Front. In 2012, it was reported that he had been arrested on suspicion of killing his opponent within the PRP and political activist, Simeon Aquino Salazar.
Subsequently, Sanchez Flores was acquitted by a judge in 2015, the year he again tried to run for mayor of Tamazunçali. Four years later, the “Ferrari” was imprisoned for murder and kidnapping.
On this particular week, Julio Cesar Galindo PerezPresident of the Confederation of Employers of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) In San Luis Potosi, after being a victim of L. attack. Was the man Filled with bullets During noon on Monday when he was near prof Vulcanized It is located on Avenida Potosi, one block from Avenida Dr. Salvador Nava Martinez, in the Lomas Primera neighborhood.
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