In Mexico, the disappearance of people is a painful reality that is increasing day by day regardless of age, gender and even nationality, but for those who face it, it is hell. There are hundreds of cases, not everyone is given a voice, but some seek to make themselves known so that those they love are found. In Mexicali, Baja California, on April 8, three young men went missing in a bar area..
This is Mauricio Verdugo Fragoso, 23; David Alfonso Melesio Rodriguez, 22, and Jesus Manuel Bramasco Hernandez, last seen at the Shots bar; the first two were together and the third was a different case.
This disappearance is added to six other reports of young people. who were last seen at the same bar at different events. All of them have been registered from 2020 to the present, which has caused alarm in the region.
Since days have passed and their relatives do not know anything about the three victims, they decided to hold a demonstration near the bar from which they disappeared, arranging a picket. They were accompanied by activists, together they demanded the closure of businesses in the bar district of Mexicali.
At the end of the action employees of the Prosecutor General’s Office arrived for a search as part of operations to search for young people, but there are no traces of them. Although during the proceedings it was possible to arrest three people. For their part, the Mexicali municipal police have already stepped up security measures in the bar area.
Regarding the disappearance of young people, the Baja California Attorney’s Office announced that it has five lines of investigation and also announced the formation of a special team made up of various police forces to investigate.
In this regard, the newspaper La Jornada reports that during a search of the Shots bar, from which Mauricio, David and Jesus disappeared, relatives of young people broke into one of the owner’s apartments, where they found a long gun next to drug residue, bullets, and an image of Santa Muerte..
For his part, Baja California Attorney Ivan Carpio Sanchez acknowledged thatThere is a criminal cell operating in the Mexicali bar area.which is led by someone known under the pseudonym “El Ruso”.
Local media reports that this criminal group is linked to the disappearance of at least nine young people, all of them in different events since 2020.
With this situation in mind, Gov. Maru Campos is considering reducing opening hours for bars not only in Mexicali, but throughout Baja California.
Source: La Opinion
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