From December 2024 until the beginning of February, the arrest of 224 local police officers, 2 state investigative agents, as well as 2 mayors and various municipal officials of Chiapas in the Centro, Fraylesca, Sierra and Los Altos areas was reported for links to organized crime.
Also, the arrest of police officers who were related to the forced disappearance of people was recorded. Likewise, the director of the Municipal Police of Chiapa de Corzo, Jesús “N”, was arrested along with police officers and traffic agents for their alleged involvement in criminal acts, totaling 89 people arrested.
During these arrests, it has been revealed that members of the various levels of government are allegedly colluding with the Sinaloa Cartel, the Chiapas Cartel and Guatemala, in the latter case it was revealed that there is a relationship with the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel within the state.
In light of the situation, the Attorney General of Chiapas, Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca, declared that “many of them (municipal police) have been infiltrated by criminals.” In addition, there are approximately eight localities that have reported the arrest of state agents, among them Tuxtla Gutiérrez, San Cristóbal de las Casas and Chiapa de Corzo.
It is important to note that, during this time, the State Attorney General’s Office itself has declared that they have not managed to arrest any of the leaders who are in charge of these organizations.
What happened in Chiapa de Corzo?
At the end of January, in Chiapa de Corzo, Jesús “N”, director of the Municipal Police, was arrested along with 67 police officers and 20 traffic agents for their alleged involvement in criminal acts, totaling 89 people arrested.
In response to this, Morena Governor Eduardo Ramírez celebrated the operation through his social networks and assured that his government will not allow impunity. In addition, he shared photographs of those arrested.
However, this past weekend, the State Attorney General’s Office released 74 of the agents involved who will remain under investigation and the situation of the 15 who remain detained was made known.
Among them is Jesús “N” who is being investigated for possible acts of torture; three elements face arrest warrants for the crime of rape and another five will be prosecuted for usurpation of functions, improper use of decorations, uniforms and insignia, illegal exercise and abandonment of public functions, since they did not have the mandatory certification.
Arrest of police officers accused of forced disappearances
In December 2024, during the operations carried out by the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) and the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE), 11 police officers were arrested, nine of whom are municipal police officers from Tuxtla Gutiérrez and two are from the Investigative Police, in addition to the confirmation of the death of seven people who disappeared since November 23 in the municipality of Emiliano Zapata.
The head of the SSP, Óscar Aparicio Avendaño, said that they have arrested more than 335 people, “we are attacking all high-impact crimes, we have a wide deployment on highways, and we have already dismantled gangs dedicated to car theft.”
Of all those arrested, 92 police officers were first arrested in an operation on December 15 in Comitán de Domínguez, but only 46 had their investigation files brought to court, while on Monday they arrested 11 municipal officers from Tuxtla and another 2 from the PDI (they had already arrested 3 more a few days ago).
Source: lasillarota
