Temoac mayor's wife, police chief detained for extortion

Marisol Romero Zamora, widow of the assassinated mayor of Temoac, Valentín Lavín Romero, and Geovanny Emmanuel González Morellano, the municipal police director, have been ordered into preventive detention. A specialized judge found sufficient evidence to charge them with aggravated extortion.

The State Attorney General's office stated that since July 2025, both individuals allegedly engaged in extortion. They are accused of physically assaulting and threatening victims with death to coerce them into handing over significant sums of money in exchange for their safety.

The judge has set a 144-hour period for a hearing to determine if they will be formally linked to the charges. This development comes just six days after Mayor Lavín Romero was murdered.

New details have surfaced regarding the mayor's assassination. Witnesses and municipal officials reported that the mayor was working in an office separate from the town hall. Two men on a motorcycle arrived, and one forcibly entered the office, shooting the mayor multiple times as he attempted to exit through the street-facing door. Authorities have limited leads, with only a video showing the assailants wearing helmets.

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Derived from actions to combat extortion, the FIDAI obtained elements to prove before the judicial authority that the municipal public servants, Marisol “N” and Geovany Emmanuel “N”, actively participated since July 2025, allegedly beating and threatening victims to intimidate them and coerce the delivery of a large sum of money in exchange for not harming them.