Google TranslateThe brother of the former Chihuahua state attorney general was found shot to death at a remote area near Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports.
Private attorney Mario Gonzalez, who was abducted by an armed group from his office October 21st, was found in the Valle Juarez district on Kilometer 15 of the Chihuahua-Juarez highway near the Foxconn asphalt plant. He had been shot in the head.
The discovery was made following a shootout in Chihuahua Tuesday night when elements of the Policia Federal fought a battle with armed suspects near a gated community on Avenida Miguel de Cervantes after the group ran a checkpoint set up on the corner of the Panamericana highway and Avenida Homero.
At least six men were arrested and two kidnap victims were released. Included in those arrested was Jorge Gutierrez Corral, a former CIPOL coordinator.
Subsequent news reports say interrogations of the arrested included information that led to the discovery of Mario Gonzalez Thursday morning.
Gonzalez was the brother of Patricia Gonzalez, who stepped down October 3rd as Procuradora General de Estado October 3rd after having served under Jose Reyes Baeza, who finished a term as governor of Chihuahua. She was replaced by Carlos Salas, appointed by Chihuahua governor Cesar Duarte who was elected last July 2nd.
Mario Gonzalez was featured in a Youtube video following his abduction where he said his sister was on the payroll of the Juarez Drug Cartel. It is thought he was kidnapped by a local group sympathetic to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, the Juarez Cartel's main rival in Chihuahua.
In related developments, the Chihuahua state press reports that the Mexican national attorney general office, Procuradora General de la Republica (PGR) has initiated an investigation into the alleged ties between Patricia Gonzalez and the Juarez drug gang.