Soldiers involved in 2023 Nuevo Laredo extrajudicial killings sentenced to 40 years in prison

Soldiers involved in 2023 Nuevo Laredo extrajudicial killings sentenced to 40 years in prison

Four Mexican soldiers were sentenced Monday to 40 years and nine months in prison after being convicted of five counts of homicide and one count of attempted homicide. The soldiers sentenced were found guilty of indiscriminately firing upon a pickup truck in which seven civilians were riding in the early-morning hours of Feb. 26, 2023. The civilians were returning from a night out in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo after celebrating the…

The soldiers said the van crashed into a parked vehicle and when they heard the crash, they opened fire.

On February 26, 2023, five young men were persecuted and attacked by soldiers in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas; videos and other testimonies were taken as evidence to sentence four military personnel to 40 years and 9 months in prison.

The prosecution of Quintero succeeded in getting the local court to apply a sentence for two crimes of simple murder, against two male victims, to a single sentence of 20 years of maximum rigorous imprisonment. The crimes were committed on 9 July 2022 at the Sunshine discotheque in Ritoque, Quintero commune.

A Unitary Trial Court sentenced to 40 years and 9 months in prison four military personnel accused of murder and murder described as attempted against five young people in Nuevo Laredo. Judge Juan Gonzaga Sandoval sentenced Juan Carlos “G”, Agustín Cornelio “S”, Bernardo “R” and Jorge Nicolás “L”, who are detained in military prison number 1 of the military camp, where they remain in the custody of the National Guard while their sentence is fina…

A trial court imposed a sentence of 40 years and 9 months in prison against four military personnel related to the extrajudicial execution of five young people registered in February 2023 in the city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Cabos Juan Carlos Gámez... Full note »