Overview
- State investigative agents detained L. L.A., a former Santiago Jocotepec municipal officer, on December 3, 2025, along the local road to Ayotzintepec near the restaurant La Herradura.
- Prosecutors accuse him of aggravated homicide in the killings of R. N.M., H. J.L. C. and J. C.G. M., stemming from an attack on November 12, 2022, in the Cuenca del Papaloapan region.
- Investigators say armed men intercepted the group, forced the victims into a pickup bed and later the three bodies were found nearby with gunshot wounds.
- The Regional Vice Prosecutor’s Office for the Cuenca deployed a specialized team that located the victims and gathered evidence used to obtain arrest warrants.
- Authorities placed the suspect at the disposal of the judicial authority to determine his legal status, and officials have not disclosed a motive or additional suspects.