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This article was translated and reposted from EL OCCIDENTAL
Long gun and short gun cartridge cases were found at the site.
Elizabeth Ibal | El Occidental
The former director of prison security in Jalisco and head of correctional officers, José Guadalupe Covarrubias, was shot in the Jardines de los historiadores neighborhood in Guadalajara. Sources from the Prosecutor’s Office indicate that his bodyguards had been taken from him since he now belonged to the General Services area of the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office.
The aggression occurred at the intersection of Manuel Rivera and Elías Villalpando when he was about to shop in the area, where he arrived in his red Mazda vehicle with foreign plates. He wore a T-shirt with the words “Policía de Investigación” on the back.
The prosecutor Luis Joaquín Méndez Ruiz arrived at the scene, who said that the official assigned to his office had been shot all over his body and described how the aggression could have taken place.
“The information we have is that he was on his way home. This is information that we are corroborating. It seems that he was going to make some purchases, it is information that we are going to verify and it seems that that is where the aggression occurred. He was hit on the co-pilot’s and pilot’s side and from what we can see in the evidence, it seems that he could also have been hit from the ground, due to the positions of the evidence”.
The head of the Prosecutor’s Office indicated that the aggressors were between three and four subjects. In the place there were found casings of long weapon and short weapon. In addition, the cameras in the area are being reviewed to find the perpetrators.
José Guadalupe was in charge of prison security until June 21, 2023 and had 30 years of service.
Sources close to the penitentiary system maintained that the dismissal may have been linked to the anger of the directors over the departure from the prison of Jose Manuel “P”, brother of one of the leaders of the Jalisco Cartel – New Generation, Juan Carlos, alias “El CR”, without following the protocols that allow them to find out if there are any open cases for other crimes.
It should be recalled that “El CR” is allegedly responsible for the disappearance of Colonel José Isidro Grimaldo Muñoz, who was deprived of his freedom on December 10, 2022.