Four police officers from the municipal government of Cortazar, Guanajuato, affiliated with the Citizen Movement, were arrested for the forced disappearance of five people, who were allegedly handed over to a criminal group.
Of the five victims, three were rescued alive and the other two are still being sought, the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) reported.
The police officers arrested and linked to criminal proceedings are José María, Hugo Rafael, Arturo, and Juan Miguel, according to the Prosecutor’s Office. The Public Prosecutor’s Office filed charges of aggravated forced disappearance of persons, forced disappearance, and attempted forced disappearance.
“The events occurred in the early morning of September 7 of this year, when the victims were intercepted on the Salvatierra–Cortázar freeway by municipal patrols, whose crews detained them without cause until a truck with armed men arrived,” the prosecutor said.
