Irapuato, Mexico.- The Guanajuato State Attorney General’s Office (FGEG) reported that 24-year-old Jesús Emmanuel N, alias “El Jordan”, was sentenced to 797 years in prison for his participation in one of the largest massacres committed in Irapuato. , Guanajuato.
On July 1, 2020, “El Jordan” and two other accomplices broke into the “Buscando el camino a mi recuperación” rehabilitation center, located on Calle Lerdo, in the Arandas community, and executed 27 inmates.
“In the place, this subject massacred 25 inmates of different ages. Without holding back, he fired the charge of the assault rifle he was carrying and left practically the entire group he was holding on the ground lifeless,” the ruling settled.
During the hearing for the individualization of sanctions and reparation for damage, the Control Judge determined his sentence of 29 years for each homicide, plus 14 for attempted homicide and reparation for the damage caused to the victims.
However, although the sentence seems to sentence “El Jordan” to life imprisonment, the current law will only allow him to be imprisoned for the next 60 years.
a terrifying afternoon
It was around five in the afternoon on July 1, 2020 when “El Jordan” entered the annex accompanied by two subjects looking for a certain Francisco, according to a survivor’s reconstruction of the events.
Moments before he and his henchmen forced them to go up to the second floor of the annex to interview them over and over again asking about Francisco, the inmates had finished lunch and were preparing to watch a movie.
“He’s not here,” said one of the armed subjects during a phone call, after which he would have received orders to shoot everyone in the rehabilitation center.
The victims presented bullet wounds to the head, thorax and abdomen. According to the evidence presented, 87 shell casings were found at the site.
