The price of violence in Teotihuacán
The prosecutor of the State of Mexico, José Luis Cervantes, released the data in the morning. The young man who attacked the archaeological zone of Teotihuacán got his tool of aggression for 40 thousand pesos. The cartridges, another 10 thousand.
“The perpetrator had acquired a firearm, we still do not know precisely where he did it. It cost 40 thousand pesos, we do know that,”
Cervantes explained during the conference with President Claudia Sheinbaum. Precision about cost contrasts with vagueness about origin. A curious detail.
‘Accessible’ but police ammunition
The bullets are Águila brand, national manufacture. According to the prosecutor:
“They are marketed in the corresponding instances, they are for police use, they are not for restricted use […] they are more accessible than the higher power calibers.”
Accessible. The word resonates. The attacker, a 27-year-old young man from Guerrero, shot 14 times at authorities and tourists. He had more than 50 unused projectiles.
Authorities promise intensified investigation and greater surveillance. The question that hangs in the air, with no official answer: how does a civilian access ammunition ‘for police use’? The price is clear. The mechanisms, not so much.
