FGR has confirmed that it has drawn an investigation into the Tamaulipas massacre

This Monday, the attorney general’s office (RGF) confirmed that on demand from the government of Tamaulipas attracted the investigation file of the common jurisdiction for at once make it part of federal jurisdiction over slaughter perpetrated this weekend in Reynosa.

The decision was taken in “the case of violent confrontations, homicides and various crimes from the common and federal competence which has resulted, until now, 19 people died, several wounded and one individual arrested ”.

In a press release, the FGR specified that it was attracted “within the framework of its competence in matters of organized crime and the use of Weapons exclusive to the army”.

“The FGR has obligatory to local authorities, on the basis of the legislation in force, their participation and help in the federal investigation and in the procedure that the local authority must pursue, through the common law crimes that were committed, ”the agency said.

The only detainee so far, Jonathan “R”, which will be made available to the federal judicial authorities in the legislature: for having found a exclusive use long range firearm of the Army.

At the same time, the surveys corresponding to “these crimes of the highest violence, which are consequence of the territorial struggle of criminal groups by Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, against the cartels who operate in Reynosa ”.

For his part, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, reported on Monday that ordered the legal adviser of the Presidency take the necessary steps to ensure that the public prosecutor Alejandro Gertz Manero attract the case of the massacre that happened in Reynosa this weekend.

López Obrador stressed that everything indicates that a commando attacked innocent inhabitants. He sent his condolences to the families of the victims and assured that those responsible will be punished.

“Unfortunately, the events of Reynosa, Tamaulipas claimed the lives of innocent people, 14 innocent people because everything indicates that it was not a confrontation. but it was a commando which fired on people who were not in a plan of confrontation so it is a cowardly attack , which costs the lives of decent people, we certainly send our condolences to loved ones, and I asked the legal adviser to make arrangements with the attorney general’s office so that the case is brought and that a full investigation be opened to find out the reasons and punish those responsible “, said the Mexican president.

At least 19 people have died in several attacks by an armed commando group in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the border with the United States, local authorities reported on Sunday.

The attacks occurred Saturday in various neighborhoods of the town of Reynosa at the hands of contract killers who were traveling “in several vehicles”.a group that coordinates the state security forces said in a statement.

The Tamaulipas State Peacebuilding Coordination Group reported on Saturday the death of 15 people during this violent day including one of the criminals who was surprised by police near the bridge that connects Reynosa to Pharr, Texas.

But on Sunday, the state authorities they raised the figure after knowing that four suspected criminals were killed by police officers.

“By being localized, individuals they resisted and attacked the police, who repelled the attack “, specified the grouping in the document.

Tamaulipas Governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca condemned the events and said he had given instructions to clarify what had happened as quickly as possible. “The motive for these acts which directly affected the civilian population is under investigation,” the president said in a statement.

The attacks caused the The Mexican military, National Guard, state police and the local prosecutor’s office will deploy a city-wide operation.

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