He was kidnapped, his family paid $ 26,000 for ransom, but he was brutally murdered.

A new case of kidnapping and murder has brought pain, helplessness and anger to Mexico. Despite his family paid to the criminals 26 thousand dollars ransom, the young student Roberto Norberto Ronquillo has not returned home: they strangled him and they left their bodies abandoned in a place in the capital city of this country.

On June 4, Roberto was kidnapped after leaving the night clbades at a university in the south of the city. The security cameras caught the moment he left. They were the last pictures of him.

According to information provided by the authorities, the kidnappers contacted the family to demand a ransom, which was paid. However, the young man was not released. Apparently, it never existed the intention to deliver him with life.

According to the Chief of the Attorney General of Mexico City (PGJCDMX), Ernestina Godoy, the body of the student was in an advanced state. state of decomposition.

Therefore, the capital's authorities believe that Ronquillo could have been murdered the same night of his kidnapping, although they hope to be able to confirm this information by necropsy.

The official explained that the abduction protocol had been activated even if the family had taken the "legitimate decision" exclude the prosecutor's office rescue negotiation.

"We will not criminalize the students' struggle to do what they believe," she also said about the parades her peers had asked for to be released. They put the investigation in danger.

Although he did not give details, Godoy explained that the prosecutor's office had lines of research "strong enough" and promised that the case do not go unpunished.

The kidnapping of Ronquillo Hernández, originally from the state of Chihuahua, in the north of the country, who had settled in Mexico City to study at the university, provoked a series of demonstrations ask the help of the authorities.

After the announcement of his death, the University of Pedregal, where the young man was enrolled, suspended his academic activities in sign of mourning.

According to the organization Alto al Secuestro, the number of abductions in this country increased by 42.6% between January and April 2019 compared with the first quarter of 2018.