State of Mexico Prosecutor's Office captures individuals allegedly involved in the presumed kidnapping of Tenancingo municipal president

The Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM) has apprehended three individuals, Karla Valeria “N,” Víctor Manuel “N,” and Christian “N”, in connection with the alleged kidnapping of Nancy Nápoles Pacheco, the municipal president of Tenancingo. Judicial orders are also in place for the capture of two more men.

Initial investigations indicate a startling possibility: that Nápoles Pacheco may have orchestrated her own disappearance. The motive, according to the investigation, was to conceal a public fund deficit amounting to 40 million pesos, generated during her administration. This sum was allegedly used to acquire several vehicles and an apartment located in Acapulco.

During her statement, Nápoles Pacheco claimed she was abducted from outside her home in Tenancingo by two men and a woman. She stated she was forced into a vehicle at gunpoint but managed to hand her belongings to a relative. She also alleged that her captors instructed her on how to evade surveillance cameras and later provided her with a cell phone to communicate with her family, demanding a ransom and instructing them not to involve the authorities.

However, witnesses alerted municipal police, whose director then notified other law enforcement agencies. Nápoles Pacheco was later found after she reportedly escaped her alleged captors and sought help at a nearby residence. She informed her husband and the public security director, who came to her aid. She also claimed her captors demanded 40 million pesos for her release, threatening her and her family if the money was not provided from municipal funds.