heard yesterday Wednesday that he was formally charged with the gruesome murder of mayor, who was beheadedannounced the authorities, who are investigating his alleged ties to drug traffickers.
Herman Reyes, a security official in Chilpancingo, is accused of masterminding the assassination of Mayor Alejandro Arcos, who died on October 6, six days after taking office.
During a public hearing, the prosecution also accused him of being a member of Los Ardigios, of one of the local mafias that mainly engage in drug trafficking, kidnapping and extortion.
According to the prosecution, the mayor was murdered because he refused to name associates that the Los Ardigios gang sought to impose.
Alejandro Arcos died of “bleeding” after his throat was cut, according to the prosecution. His head was removed and placed on the roof of a vehicle.
Herman Reges, a retired officer, denied the accusations and said he never even met the mayor. He said that he has been turned into a “scapegoat”, that he is the victim of a “political scandal”.
Gang violence
Between the sea and the mountains, with Acapulco, the gateway to drugs, on the one hand, and fields of poppies—the raw material in the process of making opium and heroin—and avocados on the other, the state of Guerrero is one of the regions of Mexico where the violence of of gangs keeps escalating.
A week ago, eleven dismembered bodies were found inside a vehicle. The victims were among a group of 17 people who disappeared in October. Authorities believe they were kidnapped by the Los Ardigios gang.
In early November, five members of the same family were murdered in a property in the region of Acapulco.
On October 24, 14 people were killed in a battle between the military and alleged thugs following the killings of two police officers.
Source: Athenian – Macedonian News Agency
