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🇲🇽 Mexico /Crime & Justice

Ex-school director's murder planned by son, prosecutors say; material killer at large

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Prosecutors in Chiapas, Mexico, arrested a man for allegedly planning the murder of his father, the former director of a technical school.
  • The victim was found dead in his home with a gunshot wound to the chest; investigators found no signs of forced entry, suggesting the perpetrator was known to the victim.
  • Authorities are searching for the material killer, who allegedly carried out the shooting during a planned robbery.

The murder of Mario Ballinas Ramos, a 69-year-old retired teacher and former director of a technical school in Teopisca, Chiapas, was allegedly orchestrated by his own son, according to the state's Attorney General, Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca.

The victim was found dead in his home early Thursday morning with a gunshot wound to the chest. Investigators noted the absence of forced entry, indicating the perpetrator was someone known to Ballinas Ramos and had access to his home.

the murder of the former director of the local PRI was planned by his son Mario Ángel, 38 years old, the person involved in the intellectual part of the crime.

— Jorge Luis Llaven AbarcaThe Attorney General of Chiapas, Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca, identified the victim's son as the intellectual author of the crime.

Authorities have identified the material killer, who is currently at large, and a search operation is underway in the region. The arrested individual, identified as the victim's 38-year-old son, Mario Ángel, reportedly confessed to planning the robbery with another person due to mounting debts. The plan escalated to murder when they were discovered by the victim.

we have an operation in the region to locate and arrest the responsible person. We have him fully identified and we are going to find him to face justice.

— Jorge Luis Llaven AbarcaThe Attorney General of Chiapas assured that the material killer would be apprehended.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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