The Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) arrested two suspects involved in the murder of federal judge Uriel Villegas Ortiz and his wife Verónica Barajas, and in the crime of the local deputy Francis Anel Bueno Sánchez.
Federal government officials indicated that the detainees are Jaime Tafolla Ortega, The Scorpion, and David Ulises Lara Ramírez, the latter who is under rooting.
Tafolla Ortega was identified as the main suspect in the crime and considered a highly dangerous person and one of the most important links in the criminal organization, who was apprehended in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Colima.
The accused, they assured, is directly related to the events of June 16 in the Real Vista Hermosa neighborhood of the city of Colima, where the judge and his wife were deprived of their lives, in alleged revenge because Uriel Villegas linked several family members to trial. of The Scorpion.
The consulted officials explained that in the murder of the judge and his wife the participation of José Alfonso Ayard Buenrostro is also presumed, The cinnamon, another alleged member of the CJNG.
They reported that The cinnamon He was detained by the Colima Public Prosecutor’s Office in possession of drugs and weapons, which is why he was at the disposal of the FGR Delegation in Colima. Later, the Federal Public Ministry prosecuted the investigation folder and Judge Uriel Villegas linked José Alfonso to trial for his alleged responsibility for crimes against health and possession of firearms for the exclusive use of the armed forces.
Later, in seclusion, the Colima Public Prosecutor’s Office completed an arrest warrant against El Canelo for his probable responsibility in the murder of Morena local deputy Francis Anel Bueno, who disappeared on April 29 of this year and whose body was found earlier this month in a clandestine grave.
El Alacrán was also involved in this crime, against whom an arrest warrant was issued for the crimes of disappearance committed by individuals, femicide and crimes linked to the disappearance of persons.
Other detainees linked to The Scorpion
As part of the investigation into the crime of Congresswoman Francis Anel, on June 7, a search warrant was executed where Heliodoro Tafolla Chávez, Eustolia Ortega Gómez, Heriberto Tafolla Ortega and Danna Fernanda Chávez Cisneros (father, mother, brother and sister-in-law respectively of The Scorpion).
In the operation, firearms for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces and drugs were secured, which is why the matter passed into the hands of the FGR Delegation in Colima, which started an investigation folder that was prosecuted.
Federal judge Uriel Villegas Ortiz granted the FGR the precautionary measure of informal preventive detention against the relatives of El Alacrán, on June 14. Two days later it is presumed that Jaime Tafolla ordered the murder of the judge and his wife, in complicity with David Ulises Lara Ramírez, and El Canelo.
For its part, the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic issued a statement stating that as a result of the investigation, cabinet and intelligence work, allowed the arrest of Jaime “T”, who, along with another detainee, are allegedly involved in the murder of the judge. federal.
The FGR indicated that, together with the Secretary of the Navy, the investigation has been progressing.
The Colima Prosecutor’s Office requested the corresponding collaboration, for the search, location and completion of the arrest warrant, for the probable commission of the crimes of disappearance committed by individuals, femicide and crimes related to the disappearance of persons, against the accused, within the investigation folder, located in that Prosecutor’s Office.
“The apprehended is likely responsible for the murder of a legislator from the state of Colima. This arrest was carried out by elements of the Federal Ministerial Police (PFM), with the support of Semar, in the city of Cuauhtémoc, in the same state, ”said the FGR.
During several days of investigation, the agents of the Attorney General’s Office in coordination with elements of Semar, were able to locate The Scorpion.
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