In order to reduce serious crimes in this entity through investigations, the Attorney General of the State of Puebla has developed and implemented a strategy to close cases from the oldest to the most recent.
From January 2019 to July 2023, the agency issued 5,521 arrest warrants, with a significant number going back at least 10 years. “The people’s society must know that we will not fail to fulfill the commandments and that we will continue to carry out this work,” said Puebla state attorney general Gilberto Higuera Bernal.
Warrants are privileged for serious and high-frequency crimes such as intentional homicide, robbery, kidnapping, rape, crimes against health, domestic violence, vehicle theft and femicide, he added.
Regarding the arrest warrant, after serving 24 years in 1999 for murdering a woman and injuring her companion, the perpetrator Alejandro N. is still in hiding in the United States, but the Puebla Prosecutor’s Office has learned who went to Cuautla Morelos and cooperated with the entity to arrest him.
In 2011, in the face of the abduction and deprivation of life of a citizen of Azumbilla, the Office of the Public Prosecutor complied with the arrest warrant for Hugo N., who was already detained for another kidnapping; his accomplice Juan Rau Juan Raúl N. was sentenced in 2015 to 55 years in prison.
In addition, Hermelindo N. sexually assaulted his sister in 2012, his father Leopoldo N. died of pneumonia in prison, and both Arrested in connection with the process.
Another notable arrest was that of Puebla auxiliary policeman Carlos Fabián N., accused of raping his 10-year-old sister-in-law.
The Prosecutor’s Office also clarified the case of a minor under the age of 15, for whom search procedures were initiated and she was located in Tehuacán. After living with 30-year-old Carlos Michael N., he prevented her from leaving and sexually assaulted her, for which the prosecutor’s office managed to link her to the lawsuit for unlawful deprivation of liberty up and remains in reasonable preventive detention.
On the other hand, according to reports, the prosecutor’s office conducted a search of the Kumbala nightclub bar on the Puebla-Huechochingo Federal Highway and rescued two women, aged 16 and 17, who were allegedly sexually exploited. There, Juan Manuel N. was arrested and 40 bags containing crystal drugs were seized, along with documents annotated with live events. The defendant had ties to the health offenses proceeding in the form of simple possession and bribery, as he offered investigators money to keep them from obtaining it.
With regard to the drug trade, the Puebla Prosecutor’s Office conducted searches in the cities of Puebla and Tochtepec, arresting Adolfo N., Miguel N. (alias “El Pelón”) and I Zamar N. They also seized: 221 bags containing crystal drugs. , 4 bags of marijuana, 1 heroin wrapper, 34 controlled drug capsules, 2 gram scales, 12 mobile phones and a modified motorcycle license plate.
The press conference was attended by: Osvaldo Ramírez Zavala, Specialized Prosecutor for High Crime Investigations; José Alan Villegas Arenas, Metropolitan Investigative Prosecutor; Elva Rocha Patiño, Regional Investigative Prosecutor; Prosecutor; Alejandro García Badiola, Prosecutor specializing in the investigation of enforced disappearances of persons and disappearances of private persons.