“Sol Prendido” for Borderland
A man identified as Guillermo Daniel Méndez Madrigal, 25, who allegedly belonged to a cell of the Arellano Félix Cartel, was shot and killed at a home located at Tamayo and Juan Ojeda Robles streets in the Buena Vista neighborhood in Tijuana on April 26.
According to information provided to ZETA and referred by witnesses, they indicated that the alleged perpetrators waited for “El Dani” to come out of a grocery store located in front of his home to execute him. The deceased had wounds in the thorax and lower extremities.
More than 10 ballistic evidence was found at the crime scene.
According to information provided to the authorities, the perpetrators, wearing dark clothing, fled in a Toyota Yaris vehicle but have not been located.
Intelligence sources indicated that Guillermo Daniel Méndez Madrigal “Dani”, 25, operated for the Arellano Félix Cartel in the Santa Fe area. He had a record for carrying a pistol in 2021 and for vehicle theft in February 2022.
In other violent events, which occurred yesterday, April 27, 39 year-old Christian Aarón died in the General Hospital after being the victim of an armed attack in the Alfonso Ballesteros neighborhood on April 18. Also, at the same hospital, a man between 50 and 55 years of age died after being attacked the day before in the northern zone.
Later, a multiple attack in the Valle de San Pedro neighborhood left three people dead. The victims were found on a road near the Presa El Carrizo dam in the eastern part of the city.
Also, yesterday, a burnt human body was found in the Mariano Matamoros neighborhood.
An elderly man, identified as Ignacio Manuel, 81, was shot to death when he was in the bleachers area of the basketball courts in the Buena Vista park in the neighborhood of the same name.
In the afternoon on 3rd and Veracruz streets in the Arboledas neighborhood, 22 year old José Iván was killed.
Another armed aggression was documented on Mexicanidad Street and the corner of 26 de Septiembre in the Insurgentes neighborhood. Jacinto Rafael, 38 years old, was killed, and Irvin de la Cruz was wounded and taken to a hospital. According to witnesses, unknown men shot at the house where the victims were.
No one is reported to have been detained for these events.
Tijuana has 150 homicides in April and 592 so far this year, 2023.