[Source: Noticias de Oaxaca, 01/31/2008]
According to a report by the News of Oaxaca Newspaper (Noticias de Oaxaca), on January 30th, in the areas surrounding the “El Tequio” Sports Complex, an armed command unit of four assassinated the chief of the Bank, Industrial, and Commercial Auxiliary Police (PABIC), Alejandro Barrita Ortiz, his body guard, Jesús Eduardo Prado Pérez, along with Alonso Muños Rafael and Virginia Galán Rodríguez. These reports were confirmed by the Attorney General of Justice, Nicolás Martínez Ramírez.
[Source: Noticias de Oaxaca, 02/01/2008]
On February 1st, the same newspaper published a photo of graffiti attributed to the Army of Popular Revolution (EPR), supposedly claiming responsibility for the assassination of the chief of PABIC. The graffiti was discovered on a wall of the Institute of Educational Sciences (ICE) in the Autonomous University “Benito Juárez” of Oaxaca (UABJO), located in University City (photo above).
The spokesperson for the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO), Florentino López Martínez, previously identified the assassinated commander as one of the responsible in his kidnapping and that of other members of the Popular Revolution Front (FPR) during the social conflict of 2006. After the assassination, López Martínez expressed concern that the murder of these four people in “El Tequio” could lead to further militarization of the state.
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