“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
State policewoman killed, her husband, also a member of the police force, left unharmed.
In the vehicle where the couple was traveling there was also a little girl who was also unharmed by the targeted attack.
On Calle Miel in the Cerro De Las Abejas subdivision, a female state police officer from the State Force for Citizen Security (FESC) (formerly PEP) was shot and killed. The officer, identified as Dalia Suzeth Espinoza López was killed. While Gaynor Mungia Jorge, also a state agent and the victim’s partner, as well as a girl in the vehicle were unharmed.
According to preliminary information, the incident occurred at around 9:00 a.m., in the vicinity of Calle Mediterráneo and Miel, where witnesses said that the couple was taking their daughter to school. The girl was unharmed by this aggression.
A gray four-door compact car with California license plates closed in on them and shot at the woman and then fled.
A video in possession of the police shows the aggressor vehicle (Buick Dorado) parked one street away from the police officers’ house. The video shows the moment in which it moves forward and then disappears from view. Moments later the shots are heard (6 in total) and immediately afterwards the cry of a woman who can be heard saying repeatedly “they killed him”.
At the point, a gray Ford Focus vehicle was observed in the middle of the street. The assaulted state police officers were being transported in this vehicle. The policewoman was the driver of the car and due to the impacts she was left dead at the wheel.
Neighbors stated that they heard machine gun fire from several streets away.
The police response was immediate and medical attention was provided to the wounded man. Several streets were closed at the scene for the removal of evidence.
From this point, police officers went in search of a sedan, which minutes later, it was reported, was abandoned in the vicinity of Bulevar 2000.
Authorities confirmed that the deceased state policewoman was Dalia Suzeth Espinoza. The motive for the murder is unknown.
Officers investigating the facts commented that the intention of the aggression was directed exclusively against the FESC policewoman and not against her family.
Dalia Suzeth Espinoza López
Dalia Suzeth Espinoza López
Cerró De Las Abejas neighborhood