José Luis Abarca Velázquez, María de los Ángeles Pineda Villa and Felipe Flores Velázquez
Mother-in-law had alleged that Iguala Mayor Abarca Velázquez was paid $2M pesos per month to protect members of the criminal organization Guerreros Unidos who were implicated in the murder of 35 victims, including 32 students.
By H. Nelson Goodson
October 7, 2014
Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico - Both the Mexican federal and Guerrero state authorities are looking to locate fugitives Iguala Mayor José Luis Abarca Velázquez, aka, "Chucho" and Felipe Flores Velázquez, Iguala's Secretary of Public Safety in connection with 35 murders, including 32 students. The congressional representatives in the state of Guerrero have convene to oust Mayor Velázquez from his position so, he can be prosecuted for crimes against victims in Iguala. Both Abarca Velázquez and Flores Velázquez have fled Iguala to avoid prosecution in connection with mass murder in late September.
An undated video surfaced on Monday, where previously kidnapped victim María Leonor Villa de Pineda Orduño then 59, Mayor Abarca Velázquez's mother-in-law alleged that he was getting paid $2M pesos ($153,000 U.S.) per month to protect members of the criminal organization the Guerreros Unidos (GU) who were implicated for the late September mass murder of students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos school in Ayotzinapa in the municipality of Tixtla. Abarca Velázquez is married to Orduño's daughter, María de los Ángeles Pineda Villa. Orduño is also the mother of Mario Pineda Villa, aka, "MP," Guadalupe Pineda Villa, Salomón Pineda Villa and Alberto Pineda Villa, aka, "El Borrado" ex-member of the Arturo Beltrán Leyva Cartel. Both Mario and Alberto were killed in September 2009 after selling out Arturo Beltrán Leyva, according to Orduño's undated video testimony. Her chofer who was also bound is questioned as well.
Orduño is the older sister of Salomón Pineda, aka, "El Molón" one of the leaders of a GU drug cells. The GU was affiliated with the Beltrán Leyva Cartel.
Orduño who had her hands tied and eyes covered while being questioned by an unidentified person confirmed that Guerrero Governor Angel Aguirre Rivero is the cousin of one of the main leaders of the Independent Cartel of Acapulco. She said, that her sons supported and funded Rivero's campaign from state representative to his election as governor.
On Sunday, Iñaky Blanco Cabrera, the Guerrero State Attorney confirmed that 52 alleged suspects including 22 Iguala municipal police officers and 29 alleged members of the criminal organization the GU have been detained in connection with the murder of 35 victims including 32 students. Three other GU suspects are being sought and remained at large.
Cabrera confirmed that 28 burnt bodies were found in a remote area near the Pueblo Viejo in the municipality of Iguala after several suspects confessed where the victims were buried in shallow graves. The state and federal forensic departments are working to identify the bodies through DNA testing, but some of the suspects confessed that 17 of those victims were students that were kidnapped by the GU and corrupt municipal police officers when they ambushed three student buses from the Raúl Isidro Burgos school in Ayotzinapa in the municipality of Tixtla on Friday, September 26 and early Saturday, September 27.
DNA results will take between five days to three weeks. Mean while, 43 students remained missing since the weekend, according to authorities and family members of those still missing.
Two of the suspects, Martín Alejandro Macedo Barrera and Marco Antonio Ríos Berber told authorities where the victims bodies were buried in Pueblo Viejo. Both suspects confessed to participating in the kidnappings and murder of 17 students.
Barrera and Berber said, that Francisco Salgado Valladares, from the Municipal Public Safety told them to go to the Pueblo Viejo area and that El Chucky, the leader of the GU ordered them to kidnap and to kill as many of the students they could capture.
Murder charges have been filed against Felipe Flores Velázquez, Alejandro Tenescalco Mejía, Luís Francisco Martínez Díaz, former secretary of Public Safety and Civil Protection. Luis Alberto José Gaspar, aka, "El Tongo" and Norma Angélica Bruno Román were charged with organized crime and being Halcones (look outs) for the CU.
Last week, 19 of 22 Iguala municipal police officers tested positive for gun powder residue or had fired a weapon. They were identified as, Emilio Torres Quezada, Raúl Cisneros García, Baltazar Martínez Casarrubias, Abraham Julián Aguado Popoca, Miguel Ángel Hernández Morales, José Vicencio Flores, Juan y/o Iván Armando Hurtado Hernández, Zulai Marino Rodríguez, Salvador Herrera Román, Osvaldo Arturo Vázquez Castillo, Mario Cervantes Contreras, Juan Luis Hidalgo Pérez, Arturo Calvario Villalba, Rubén Alday Marín, Marco Antonio Ramírez Urvan, Margarita Contreras Castillo, Alejandro Andrade de la Cruz, Hugo Salgado Wences and Nicolás Delgado Arellano.
The following suspects were ordered detained and charged in connection with the deadly ambush and murder the of 6 victims in Iguala. The suspects were identified as, Emilio Torres Quezada, Raúl Cisneros García, Baltazar Martínez Casarrubias, Abraham Julián Aguado Popoca, Miguel Ángel Hernández Morales, José Vicencio Flores, Juan y/o Iván Armando Hurtado Hernández, Zulai Marino Rodríguez, Salvador Herrera Román, Osvaldo Arturo Vázquez Castillo, Mario Cervantes Contreras, Juan Luis Hidalgo Pérez, Arturo Calvario Villalba, Rubén Alday Marín, Marco Antonio Ramírez Urvan, Margarita Contreras Castillo, Alejandro Andrade de la Cruz, Hugo Salgado Wences, Nicolás Delgado Arellano, Hugo Hernández Arias, Fernando Delgado Sánchez and Fausto Bruno Heredia for the murders of David Josúe García Evangelista, Víctor Manuel Lugo Ortiz, Blanca Montiel Sánchez, Daniel Solís Gallardo, Julio César Mondragón Fontes and Julio César Ramírez Nava.
Additional homicide charges are pending against the suspects and others implicated including Mayor Velázquez. 28 additional bodies have been found in clandestine graves near the Pueblo Viejo area. Several of the suspects have confessed that 17 of those burnt bodies were some of the students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos school that have been reported missing since, September 27. The students were detained and taken to the municipal police yard and questioned. Then they were taken by police to the Pueblo Viejo area in Iguala where they were brutally tortured, shot and burned alive with diesel fuel. Afterwards the victims were buried in shallow graves, according to some of the suspects who witnessed the murders.
Additional homicide charges are pending against the suspects and others implicated including Mayor Velázquez. 28 additional bodies have been found in clandestine graves near the Pueblo Viejo area. Several of the suspects have confessed that 17 of those burnt bodies were some of the students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos school that have been reported missing since, September 27. The students were detained and taken to the municipal police yard and questioned. Then they were taken by police to the Pueblo Viejo area in Iguala where they were brutally tortured, shot and burned alive with diesel fuel. Afterwards the victims were buried in shallow graves, according to some of the suspects who witnessed the murders.
Mayor Abarca Velázquez was accused of personally killing Arturo Hernández Cardona, the leader of the United Popular organization from Guerrero in late May to early June 2013, according to a notarized affidavit from Nicolás Mendoza who witnessed the cold blooded murder by Abarca Velázquez. Abarca Velázquez shot Cardona in the face and chest while saying "I'm going to have the pleasure of killing you" as Flores Velázquez watched, according to Mendoza. Félix Rafael Bandera Román and Ángel Román Ramírez were also killed. Román attemped to escape and was fatally shot and Ramírez tried to run from another location where the remaining five kidnapped victims were taken to be executed. The victims had been tortured and beaten for several days. Mayor Abarca Velázquez and Flores Velázquez were never charged for the murders in 2013.
Iguala Municipal Police Officers arrested were;
Iguala Municipal Police Officers arrested were;
1. Fausto Bruno Heredia
2. Emilio Torres Quezada
3. Baltazar Martínez Cosarrubias
4. Abraham Julián Aguado Popoca
5. Miguel Ángel Hernández Morales
6. Juan y/o Iván Armando Hurtado Hernández
7. Zulai Marino Rodríguez
8. Salvador Herrera Román
9. Osvaldo Arturo Vázquez Castillo
10. Juan Luis Hidalgo Pérez
11. Arturo Calvario Villalba
12. Rubén Alday Marín
13. Hugo Hernández Arias
14. Fernando Delgado Sánchez
15. Marco Antonio Ramírez Urvan
16. Margarita Contreras Castillo
17. Raúl Cisneros García
18. José Vicencio Flores
19. Mario Cervantes Contreras
2. Emilio Torres Quezada
3. Baltazar Martínez Cosarrubias
4. Abraham Julián Aguado Popoca
5. Miguel Ángel Hernández Morales
6. Juan y/o Iván Armando Hurtado Hernández
7. Zulai Marino Rodríguez
8. Salvador Herrera Román
9. Osvaldo Arturo Vázquez Castillo
10. Juan Luis Hidalgo Pérez
11. Arturo Calvario Villalba
12. Rubén Alday Marín
13. Hugo Hernández Arias
14. Fernando Delgado Sánchez
15. Marco Antonio Ramírez Urvan
16. Margarita Contreras Castillo
17. Raúl Cisneros García
18. José Vicencio Flores
19. Mario Cervantes Contreras
20. Alejandro Andrade de la Cruz
21. Hugo Salgado Wences
22. Nicolás Delgado Arellano
21. Hugo Salgado Wences
22. Nicolás Delgado Arellano
Iguala municipal police officers, Mayor José Luis Abarca Velásquez and his wife, María de los Ángeles Pineda Villa identified in connection with 35 murders, including 32 students in late September. Abarca Velázquez, Pineda Villa and Flores Velázquez are wanted in connection with the homicides. (HNNUSA)
Undated video of kidnapped victim María Leonor Villa de Pineda Orduño, the mother-in-law of Iguala Mayor José Luis Abarca Velázquez during questioning by an unidentified man: http://youtu.be/nEx0gC8FLI4
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