Security Elements Chiapas They arrested “The Chesman“, leader of “The Scooters” and, according to judicial sources, alleged mastermind of the father’s murder Marcelo Perez.
The state Prosecutor’s Office reported that the arrest took place early this Wednesday in San Cristóbal de las Casas, a municipality in which the criminal group headed by “El Chesman” operates, and where the attack on the priest occurred, at the end of October 2024.
“It is worth mentioning that the alleged perpetrator is the leader of a group that generates violence called ‘Los Motonetos’, and is related to the investigation folder of the homicide of the priest Marcelo Pérezwhich occurred in October of last year,” detailed the Chiapas agency.
The arrest carried out by elements of the Ministerial Investigation and Intelligence Agency and the group of Pakal Immediate Reaction Forcewas based on an arrest warrant against “El Chesman” for the alleged crimes of gang activity and attacks against the peace and physical and property integrity of the community and the state “committed to the detriment of society, due to events that occurred on October 7, 2023, in San Cristobal de Las Casas”.
According to investigations, “Los Motonetos” were located at public transport stops, aboard motorcycles and vehicles, carrying firearms, sticks and stones, with which they extorted users and merchants, asking them for payment in exchange for allowing them to pass, otherwise they would hit them or damage their vehicles.
The Chiapas Prosecutor’s Office indicated that “there is close coordination with the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic to execute the federal arrest warrant for the crime of qualified homicide.”
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