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Cotija’s Mayoress, Who Was Kidnapped Eight And A Half Months Ago In Zapopan, Killed In Cotija, Michoacan.
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The mayor of Cotija, Michoacán, Yolanda Sánchez Figueroa was shot and killed by several individuals near the main square of the municipality she governed. This event took place 254 days after she was deprived of her freedom in Zapopan and released in Mazamitla.
According to preliminary reports, the municipal president was entering a gymnasium when she was attacked, while one of her bodyguards was wounded while trying to repel the aggression.
She died in the Los Reyes hospital while being treated, as she was shot at least 19 times.
The perpetrators fled, so the Government of Michoacán, through the State Security Secretariat, deployed an operation in the municipality and the surrounding area to find the perpetrators.
On September 23, Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa was deprived of her freedom at 6:55 p.m. at the intersection of Patria Avenue and Gabrielle D’Annunzio Street, in the Jardines de la Patria neighborhood in Zapopan.
Previously, the mayoress, accompanied by two women, left the exclusive Andares shopping plaza. After boarding a rented vehicle on Bulevar Paseo Andares street, to be taken to their destination in the Minerva area, the cab was intercepted at the intersection by armed men who took her away from her liberty.
Three days later, on September 26, she was released in the Magic Town of Mazamitla, where she took a bus to reach the municipality she governs.