Gunmen kill Mexico Attorney General’s delegate to southern state of Guerrero
Gunmen have killed the representative of Mexico’s Attorney General’s office in the southern state of Guerrero
ByCHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press
September 12, 2023, 1:01 PM
The body of Fernando García Fernández, the representative of Mexico’s Attorney General’s office in the southern state of Guerrero, lies covered by a white cloth, background on left, as National Guardsmen patrol the area, in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Gunmen killed García Fernández on Tuesday, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — Gunmen killed the representative of Mexico’s Attorney General’s office in the southern state of Guerrero on Tuesday, according to authorities.
Fernando García Fernández was attacked in his vehicle near his office in the state capital of Chilpancingo. The Guerrero state prosecutor’s office confirmed García’s killing and said it had opened an investigation.
The killing came just days after a regional prosecutor for the Guerrero state prosecutor’s office was killed in Coyuca de Catalan. He had left the region known as Tierra Caliente that borders the state of Michoacan months ago due to threats and had recently returned. He was killed Saturday.
Guerrero is an impoverished state long at the mercy of multiple criminal gangs that traffic drugs and extort residents.
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