National Guard member arrested in femicide of wife in Sinaloa, Digi Mart USA News (Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico): The Sinaloa State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) has arrested Erick “N”, a member of the National Guard, in connection with the femicide of his wife, Cristian Ziboney, who also served in the corps and with whom he had a young daughter.
According to state authorities, the lifeless body of the woman was located on November 2 inside a home in the Alturas del Sur neighborhood of Culiacán, Sinaloa. The document states that the alleged acts are related to the discovery of the body of a woman at that address on the same date.
Following his arrest, Erick “N” was placed in pretrial detention as a precautionary measure while investigations continue. A period of three months was also set for the closing of the supplementary investigation.
For its part, the National Guard said that since learning of the events it has coordinated with the authorities responsible for the investigation. However, it declined to comment on Erick “N”‘s history of violence or on other femicide cases in which members of the corps have reportedly been involved in different parts of the country.
“The National Guard strongly condemns any act of violence against women and reiterates its zero-tolerance policy toward such conduct; it likewise expresses its full willingness to continue cooperating with the competent authorities,” the statement said.
