Antonio Baranda and Rolando Herrera/ Reform Agency
Friday, December 30, 2022 | 10:21
CDMX.- The Governor of the State of Mexico, Alfredo Del Mazo, urged the entity’s Prosecutor’s Office to avoid impunity in the case of a tamale vendor who died after being hit by a drunk driver who could later be arrested but was released.
“We are going to ask the State of Mexico Prosecutor’s Office that is dealing with this matter, as the President said, there should not be any injustice and well, this type of situation should not happen without any consequences, the event that happened in the Municipality of Cuautitlán”, said the Governor in the morning conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“We are going to be there accompanying the family and supporting them in whatever way we can, of course, as well as asking the State Prosecutor’s Office to attend to the case, to review it again.”
From the National Palace, the PRI assured that today he will request the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM) to explain why the driver was released and at what stage the process is.
“The case must be thoroughly reviewed to see why the Public Ministry determined this and I would ask the State Prosecutor, the Mexico State Prosecutor’s Office, that we could review this matter in depth to be able to inform them what can proceed. And of course, this situation is not warranted, the fact that this situation has been determined,” he said.
When would the answer be?, he was questioned.
“I am asking the State Attorney’s Office today to issue the corresponding information, which I can gladly make known,” he replied.
Are you going to talk to the Prosecutor?, he was insisted.
“Yes, today, at a later time, I would ask the Prosecutor to provide the corresponding information, to explain why this resolution was given by the Ministry and that we can see what steps to follow,” accurate.
On December 24, in the Municipality of Cuatitlán Izcalli, Jorge Claudio was run over by Ken Omar “N”, who was driving a Mini Cooper at excessive speed and drunk on Avenida Morelos and Torre Omega, in Santa María Las Towers.
The driver was arrested, but later, the FGJEM reported that Ken Omar “N” was released after expiring the constitutional term of 48 hours, because the criminal act for which he is being investigated is a culpable commission and does not warrant pretrial detention. informal, in accordance with the provisions of the National Code of Criminal Procedures.
Yesterday, family and friends led a march to ask the State Attorney of Mexico and the Municipality that there be no impunity in his case.
A yellow tricycle, decorated with supportive phrases, led the march.
This morning, Alfredo Del Mazo promised all the accompaniment to the merchant’s relatives, even if they required financial support.
“The support that the family requires, all the legal accompaniment, of course, and then the accompaniment with the same prosecutor’s office and if we can also support them in something other than financial matters, of course,” he said.
President López Obrador supported the Governor and assured that if the family wants to meet with the Mexican, he will be able to receive them so that there is justice.
