2024-08-01 16:22:26
The president of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce in Tamaulipas (Fecanaco), Julio Almanza Armas, He was murdered yesterday in Matamoroswhen he arrived in a van to his offices in the colony Buenavista accompanied by his sister Silvia.
He is the second business leader executed in the north of the country in the last 22 days. Before that, she was killed Minerva Perez Castropresident of the National Chamber of Fisheries and Aquaculture Industries (Canapesca), in Ensenada, Baja California.
Hours earlier, both businessmen had denounced the extortion suffered by union members by organized crime and insecurity.
After 4:00 p.m., armed men on a motorcycle approached Almanza Armas and opened fire, leaving him dead aboard his vehicle.
Ministerial agents from the Ministry of Justice attended the site. Tamaulipas Prosecutor’s Office to cordon off the area and carry out the corresponding procedures.
For its part, the State Security Spokesperson confirmed the death “after receiving gunshot wounds in front of the offices of the Kanak from Matamoros in the Buenavista neighborhood.”
In addition to being president of the Fecanaco, Almanza Armas was a candidate for governor of Tamaulipas in 2010, with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR)
HOURS BEFORE HE DENOUNCED THE INSECURITY THEY FACED
A few hours before the attack, the businessman gave a telephone interview to The Sun of Tampico in which he demanded that the authorities come up with a new security strategy to prevent a repeat of what happened with the Oxxo chain of stores, which closed 191 establishments and seven gas stations due to the extortions of which they were victims.
CONDEMN THE CRIME
Due to the crime businessmen from Tamaulipas asked that the federal security cabinet hold a meeting in Matamoros to address the issue of the growing violence in the state.
The Fecanaco He also requested a meeting with the Ministry of the Interior to implement measures that would help reduce insecurity in the state.
The former president of the Coparmex In Matamoros, Gerardo Martínez, assured a local media: “What happened is a cowardly act that seeks to sow fear among businessmen and negatively affect the social fabric y economic from the region. We demand a forceful and prompt response from the authorities.”
Through his X account, the governor of the state, Américo Villarreal, regretted the crime of Almanza Weapons: “This act deeply affects us as a society and as a Government. We are committed to working hard so that the security and justice authorities carry out an exhaustive investigation and go to the last consequences to clarify this regrettable event.”
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2024-08-01 16:22:26