2024-04-30 13:59:38
In Quintana Roowas murdered a command from the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), identified as Fermin Cortés Burgos; received more than 30 shots.
Cortés Burgos, who had a career in the Secretary of the Navy (Semar), served as prison director from Cancun during the governor’s six-year term, Carlos Joaquín González.
Currently, he was working as an advisor to the state SSC.
What happened in Chetumal? Fermín Cortés, former prison director of Cancún and Chetumal, is murdered
He murder of Fermin Cortes Burgos It was recorded around 11:00 a.m. this Monday, April 29, in Chetumal, Quintana Roo.
The victim, who was riding a motorcycle, was being chased by armed men who were traveling aboard a white van.
And video captured by a surveillance camera shows the moment when, due to the high speed at which he was traveling, Fermín Cortés crashes into a taxi when joining Vallehermoso Street between Petcacab and Chetumal avenues.
While the former police commander is lying on the ground, he is shot on several occasions with heavy-caliber weapons by the crew members of the truck, so he tries to roll in the opposite direction to the vehicle from where he was being attacked; In the recording he can be heard as Fermín Cortés screams in pain.
However, the images show how the van surrounds the taxi to shoot the former prison director multiple times and kill him.
Police officers and paramedics arrived at the scene, who confirmed the death of the former police commander. After the arrival of elements from the Quintana Roo Prosecutor’s Office, the body was removed.
Quintana Roo Prosecutor’s Office confirms that Fermín Cortés was an active agent of the SSC; he would have received death threats
The Quintana Roo Prosecutor’s Office reported that an investigation file was initiated to clarify the murder of Fermin Cortés Burgos.
Through a statement, the State Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that, according to the first investigations, the victim was a active element of the SSC.
He noted that specialized experts collected the necessary evidence to incorporate them into the investigation file, in order to find the person or persons responsible for the murder.
Local media report that Fermín Cortés Burgos had been threatened on different occasions during his time in prisons in the entity.
After the brutal murder, about 200 elements of the Federal Forces to reinforce security in Chetumal.
2024-04-30 13:59:38