“The 15” and nine members of the criminal group that he presumably leads are being sought by the Attorney General of the State of Quintana Roo, indicated as possible responsible for the murder of four people in the hotel zone of cancun.
The prosecutor Oscar Montes de Oca He said that the investigations are advancing, thanks to the intelligence work and anonymous information they have received, in addition to the searches of three homes.
“We are making progress on that and it is kept very confidential because it is anonymous information and we cannot make it known, nor who said it. There are four people arrested for these events and new arrest warrants have already been requested against nine people from the responsible criminal group who participate in the events of the hotel zone”, he reported.
He indicated that, thanks to intelligence work, it has been verified that Héctor Elías Flores Aceves, alias “The 15”is the intellectual author of the multi-homicide.
“He is the intellectual author of these events in the hotel zone. Intelligence work and everything we have, investigative work, the test data and the evidence and incidence leads us to that, ”he stressed.
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Oca Mountains reported that they have already carried out three searches and have four people detained for these executions.
“It will not go unpunished,” he stressed.
The first search was carried out in a property located in the Paseos Chac Mool subdivision, the second in a house on superblock 223 and the third in a house on Avenida Puerto Juárez, at the height of superblock 229.
During the search of the properties, the participating agents found doses of narcotics, as well as useful cartridges of different calibers. Homes were also seized.
In dispute
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Prosecutor Óscar Montes de Oca related the attacks in the hotel zone and in the Bonfil delegation to the criminal group of “The 15” and recognized that, as in other states of Mexico and municipalities of Quintana Roo, it is due to the dispute to maintain control of a territory.
“They fight in a space that remains open, they want to take possession of the other and that is when violence is generated and this is throughout the state and throughout the country, but in Quintana Roo it is mainly the issue of drug dealing,” he said.
PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS, COLLUDED
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Ruben Oyarvide PedreroSecretary of Public Security of Quintana Roo, indicated that derived from the investigations they suspect that private security guards are involved in the executions of the four men in the hotel zone of Cancun.
“We are in the investigations, apparently private security guards are also involved and that is what we are about. The governor’s order is zero tolerance, zero impunity. We have to find the generators violence so that we liberate Quintana Roo”, he affirmed.
He insisted that not everything is bad, since there have been important arrests.
“Arrests are being made, it is necessary to reinforce, yes. The new law is under review, where we are betting on technology for intelligence, to investigate well and find the generators of violence, not only those who are below in the groups accommodating and fighting for places. We are busy and worried, we do not turn a blind eye, ”he commented.
A NATIONAL IMPACT CASE
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Around 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 3, 9-1-1 reported that there were people dead after a shootout broke out inside the Fiesta Americana Condesa hotel, at kilometer 16.5 of the hotel zone in cancun.
The Navy, Sedena, National Guardthe State Attorney General’s Office and the Quintana Roo Police arrived at the site and confirmed that there were four lifeless bodies and no traces of shell casings or that point to detonations by firearms, and they ruled out that it had been in the beach area or in the hotel, but in neighboring properties.
The authorities implemented a strong search operation and located two of the alleged attackers, although days later the arrest of two others was confirmed.
WHO IS THE ’15’?
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Héctor Elías Flores Aceves, alias “El 15″, He is the alleged leader of the Sinaloa cartel in Quintana Roo, who has been wanted since June 2022 for attacks on bars in May of the same year that left two people dead and eight injured.
Since then, the search form and a reward for one million pesos have been published for those who provide information that allows their capture. So far it has not been located.
“He is one of the suspects and that he is generating violence in Bonfil, he already has a valid search and reward file, we are working on it.” Óscar Montes de Oca, State Attorney.
