Ministerial Agents Are at Large After Confusing Lawyer with Criminal and Shooting Him 70 Times

The Office of the Attorney-General of Sonora State has issued arrest warrants against two of its members attached to the Ministerial Criminal Investigation Agency (AMIC) who were accused of firing their weapons 70 times against a lawyer who confused with a criminal. The litigator was travelling through an area intervened by the authorities during a search, on 24 May when he was attacked by the police. Although both face charges of attempted murd…

Santiago García C. Hermosillo, Sonora.- La Barra Sonorense de Abogados expressed concern about the events that took place on May 24, where members of AMIC shot and injured the litigating lawyer, Carlos Arturo Bustamante Bracamontes. “Our group notes with concern that this event could constitute a violation of the principles established in the National Law on the Use of Force, which would imply the probable commission of crimes by the agents invo…

The incident may constitute a violation of the principles laid down in the National Law on the Use of Force, the Bar of Lawyers is winged.

According to the Sonora Prosecutor’s Office, the elements “were confused” before a vehicle that crossed the street and thought, according to his statement, that it was closing their way, so they opened fire on the civilian.

Cd. of Mexico.- Two elements of the Ministerial Criminal Investigation Agency (AMIC) of Sonora, investigated for wrongfully shooting a lawyer, were presented to the Public Prosecutor's Office, released without precautionary measures and are currently at large. The agents identified with the surname Árgel Luna and Angulo Palafox, have not been located by the local authorities, after having fired repeatedly at the vehicle of the lawyer Carlos Bust…