Río Bravo mayor Miguel Ángel Almaraz Maldonado located alive after security operation, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico City): Miguel Ángel Almaraz Maldonado, municipal president of Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, was located alive on Sunday, November 8, one day after reports of his probable unlawful deprivation of liberty on a highway between Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí.
Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar García Harfuch confirmed the finding. He said the result was obtained through a coordinated operation involving the federal Security Cabinet and authorities from Zacatecas, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas.
According to García Harfuch, the Secretariat of National Defense, the Secretariat of the Navy, the Attorney General’s Office and the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection took part in the actions, along with state agencies. After the report was received, search and investigation efforts were activated in coordination with prosecutors in the states involved.
The official acknowledged the cooperation of Governors David Monreal of Zacatecas, Manolo Jiménez of Coahuila, Ricardo Gallardo of San Luis Potosí and Américo Villarreal of Tamaulipas.
The case began to be reported on the night of Saturday, November 7. According to available information, the municipal president and several companions were reportedly intercepted by armed men while traveling on the San Tiburcio-Vanegas highway in Zacatecas, near the border with San Luis Potosí.
San Luis Potosí authorities reported that some of the affected people were abandoned on the road. They later arrived in the municipality of Cedral, where they requested help.
As of now, authorities have not disclosed the exact location or the circumstances in which the mayor was found. They have also not officially reported on the condition of his companions or on any possible detentions.
