Guardia Estatal officer found dead in Ciudad Victoria custody in Camargo migrant massacre case, Digi Mart USA News (Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico): A active member of the Guardia Estatal was found dead in the cells of the state Fiscalía General de Justicia (FGJE) in Ciudad Victoria, where he was being held as an alleged participant in the massacre of migrants that occurred in the municipality of Camargo in January 2021.
The officer, identified as Abel “N,” was arrested last Wednesday in the Casas Blancas neighborhood. A control judge had ordered his detention for his alleged involvement in the events in Camargo, where 19 people were killed, 17 of them Central American migrants and two Mexican men.
Abel “N” had been transferred to the Fiscalía cells and was scheduled to be taken to his initial hearing on Friday at 1 p.m. However, at 8 a.m.
he was found lifeless in the facilities of the Unidad General de Investigación (UGI) in Ciudad Victoria, when agents arriving for their shift discovered him hanging in a cell.
According to the report, Abel allegedly used a T-shirt he was wearing. The article was published by the publisher and has not been independently verified.
