By “El Huaso” for Borderland Beat
Former mayor and politician, Germán García Reynoso, was gunned down in Tilancingo, Morelos this weekend.
On Saturday, August 12, he was ambushed and killed while driving his pickup truck on the dirt roads outside Tilancingo, a small community a five minute drive southwest of Coatlán del Río. Photos of the crime scene show his truck on its side, with at least 14 bullet holes in the front windshield. Blood streams out of the capsized vehicle onto the dirt road.
García Reynoso was the mayor of Coatlán del Río from 1988 until 1991, and was a local congress representative between 1994 and 1997, but had retired from politics for some time. He was working as a pork farmer, reported Proceso. It is unclear why he was targeted, but two years ago, his brother Epifanio García, also a pig farmer, was killed at his butchers shop. Proceso reported the reason may have been for failing to pay extortion.
A local criminal group called Los Capetos has been accused of similar crimes in the region. Los Capetos are involved in extortion, cobro de piso, and kidnapping, mostly in Coatlán del Río. Last June, seven Capetos members were arrested in relation to kidnappings in the region.
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| Several members of Los Capetos were captured in Coatlán del Río in connection with kidnappings on 6/30/22. |