After a month of being reported missing while in police custody, Pablo Figueroa Martínez and Xandro Jesús Torres Procopio, ages 17 and 21, respectively, were found dead in a stream in Baja California Sur.
“Found dead! We are very sorry to find you this way, but the promise to find you has been fulfilled, little ones. Rest in peace. God welcomes you into his kingdom. All our support to the families! From the Búsquedas San José collective, we send our most sincere condolences,” they expressed in a message.
Ross Ibarra Rojas, a representative of the collective, posted a video in which he stated that the families had already been notified.
“Young people disappeared in Cabo San Lucas, allegedly by Los Cabos municipal police officers, who are currently in custody. The prosecutor’s office informs the families that two bodies found belong to Xandro and Pablo. We deeply regret this news,” he said, also requesting respect and avoiding assumptions and negative comments.
The case caused a stir in the state because Los Cabos municipal police officers were involved; according to the information released, the young people were intercepted by officers on June 26, and since then, their whereabouts have been unknown.
On Tuesday, July 29, authorities from the Baja California Sur State Attorney General’s Office (PGJE) shared a statement that Criminal Investigation Agents, with the support of personnel from the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar), served six warrants against five men and one woman.
“For their probable responsibility in the crime of forced disappearance of persons. As a result of the investigations and ministerial proceedings following a complaint of forced disappearance of persons, the necessary evidence was obtained for a judge to issue the court orders,” they stated.
The detained group includes: Alejandra “N,” 32, originally from the state of Sinaloa; Ramón “N,” 30, originally from Mexico City; Sergio “N,” 23, originally from the state of Chiapas; Jesús “N,” 33; José “N,” 26; and Pedro “N,” 21, the latter three originally from the municipality of Los Cabos.
The arrest took place at a home in the Lomas del Sol neighborhood of Cabo San Lucas. Afterward, they were brought before the Control Judge.
The following day, Antonio López Rodríguez, Attorney General of Baja California Sur, confirmed the relationship with these police officers to the press.
“Various lines of investigation were deployed. Some information was gathered, and unfortunately, it was still a matter of probability that municipal security agents were implicated. The presumption of innocence must be maintained until their responsibility is proven in an oral trial. However, the data indicates that they likely participated in the arrest of these young men, and that after their arrest, it was no longer possible to locate them,” he added.
Finally, the PGJE also shared a statement this Friday stating that the remains had already been returned to the families after conducting the corresponding genetic testing.
Flor Leticia Peña Martínez, head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Investigation and Prosecution of Forced Disappearances, Disappearances Committed by Private Parties, and Related Crimes, specified that Xandro and Pablo were found near Arroyo Santa Anita, approximately 500 meters from a property identified as El Conejo.
“Therefore, an investigation was immediately opened for the crime of intentional homicide… the advanced state of decomposition of the bodies indicated they had been dead for several days,” he stated.
Source: msn
