Chilpancingo.- General Miguel Ángel Aragón Vázquez serves as Commander of the Special Command of the National Guard (GN) in Acapulco, where violence has left 11 people dead in the last 72 hours.
At the inauguration of the military command at the GN Headquarters facility, in El Salto, Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado said that after the passing of Hurricane “Otis” there was a “historic” event with the deployment of security. troops and barracks in Acapulco.
“Today the National Guard is consolidated in Guerrero as an important part of the security strategy, not only because of its presence but also because of the relevance and trust they generate as first responders and their proximity strategy,” said the State President. . Aragón Vázquez’s appointment comes amid a violent crisis in Acapulco, where in the last three days 11 people were killed, including a state police officer.
This Monday morning, a man was shot dead in the Emiliano Zapata neighborhood and another in the El Roble neighborhood.
In separate acts of violence that have occurred since Saturday in Acapulco, five people were injured and nine people were killed, including a tourist from the Mexican state of Playa Caleta. Last night there were two shootings involving security forces, one of which saw agents of the Ministry of Investigative Police clash with gunmen in Ciudad Renacimiento, leaving two civilians dead.
In the community of La Parota, in a rural area of Acapulco, another confrontation between state police and armed civilians left one officer dead and three suspected criminals injured.
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