An attack in broad daylight, at the heart of power
This Wednesday morning, the violence broke out where it was supposed to be most controlled: in the underground parking lot of the México Building, in the Government Center of Hermosillo. Around 8:11 a.m., a subject with his face covered ended the life of a federal government employee.
The authorities already rule out that it was a robbery. The attacker stalked the victim and shot him in the back before fleeing. She was first reported injured, but the worst was soon confirmed: she died at the scene.
“An investigation folder was opened for the crime of homicide and that the alleged perpetrator, not yet identified, already has physical characteristics that are part of the lines of investigation,” reported the State Attorney General’s Office (FGJE).
The official version and what is missing
The FGJE confirmed that the victim was a federal worker, but her identity remains a mystery. They promise to investigate your personal and work environment to find a reason.
Meanwhile, the operation was set up quickly: the area was cordoned off, witnesses were interviewed and the video surveillance cameras were reviewed. The obvious questions hang in the air: Who was she? Why there? And why this timing?
The Prosecutor’s Office assures that it will make progress “as procedural times allow.” A phrase that any neighbor’s child who has followed a case knows how to translate: patience, this may take time. Or never move forward.
The only clear thing is that someone decided that a public employee should be shot to death in an official parking lot. The message, whatever it is, is chillingly direct.
