Cuernavaca city councilman Gabriel Rivas Rios killed in Morelos armed attack, Digi Mart USA News (Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico): Authorities in Morelos reported on Wednesday the killing of Gabriel Rivas Ríos, a member of the Cuernavaca city council, in the Ejidos de Acapantzingo neighborhood of the state capital.
According to local media, Rivas Ríos was the victim of an armed attack outside a commercial establishment while he was driving his vehicle. The State Attorney General’s Office of Morelos said personnel from the Criminal Investigation Agency and the Coordination of Forensic Services went to the scene to collect the body and begin the corresponding investigations.
The state Public Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat said its personnel deployed an operation in the area to locate those responsible for the attack on the Morena councilman. Local media also reported that the scene was cordoned off and that the state attorney general, Fernando Blumenkron, attended the site.
Governor Margarita González Saravia lamented the killing of Rivas Ríos, whom she described as a friend and fellow member of the movement. In a statement quoted by the outlet, she said, “In Morelos there is no room for impunity; we will act so that justice is done.”
This report is based on a single publisher article and has not been independently verified.
